hang together

zusammenpassen, stimmig sein

Als Teile eines Ganzen gut zueinander passen.

In einfachem Englisch: To fit together well as parts of a whole.

• The details hang together well.
• All the elements of her design hung together beautifully.
• Do these different ideas really hang together?

Synonyme: fit together, cohere

Häufige Wendungen: details hang together, ideas hang together

zusammenhalten

Zusammenbleiben und einander unterstützen.

In einfachem Englisch: To stay united and support one another.

• We must hang together.
• The family hung together when times were hard.
• Will the team hang together after this defeat?

So benutzt man es: hang together through something (The family hung together through the crisis.)

Synonyme: stick together, stand together

Gegenteile: split up

Häufige Wendungen: hang together as something, hang together through something

stimmig sein, einen Sinn ergeben

Sinn ergeben, weil alle Teile miteinander übereinstimmen.

In einfachem Englisch: To make sense because all the parts agree with one another.

• His story does not hang together.
• Her explanation hung together once we saw the evidence.
• Does the witness’s account really hang together?

Synonyme: make sense, be coherent, hold together

Häufige Wendungen: story hang together, explanation hang together

zusammenhängen

Miteinander verbunden sein oder voneinander abhängen.

In einfachem Englisch: To be connected or depend on one another.

• These issues hang together.
• The different parts of the system hang together closely.
• We discovered how the events hung together.

Synonyme: be connected, be linked

Häufige Wendungen: issues hang together, parts hang together

geschlossen Widerstand leisten, zusammenhalten

Zusammenhalten und sich gemeinsam den Forderungen oder der Macht anderer widersetzen.

In einfachem Englisch: To stay united while refusing to give in to someone’s demands or power.

• The workers hung together during the strike.
• We must hang together against these unfair demands.
• They hung together despite repeated threats from the authorities.

So benutzt man es: hang together against someone/something (The villagers hung together against the landlord.)

Synonyme: stand together, unite, stand firm

Gegenteile: divide

Häufige Wendungen: hang together against something, workers hang together

zusammen sein, miteinander gehen

Als Paar eine Liebesbeziehung führen.

In einfachem Englisch: To be a couple in a romantic relationship.

• Those two hang together as a couple.
• They hung together for years before they married.
• Do they still hang together, or have they separated?

Synonyme: be together, date

Häufige Wendungen: hang together romantically, still hang together