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dovetail1 verbdovetail2 noun dovetaildove‧tail1 /ˈdʌvteɪl/ verb VERB TABLEdovetail |
Present | I, you, we, they | dovetail | | he, she, it | dovetails | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dovetailed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dovetailed | | he, she, it | has dovetailed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dovetailed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dovetail | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dovetailed |
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Present | I | am dovetailing | | he, she, it | is dovetailing | | you, we, they | are dovetailing | Past | I, he, she, it | was dovetailing | | you, we, they | were dovetailing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dovetailing | | he, she, it | has been dovetailing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dovetailing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dovetailing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dovetailing |
- And topocide is even easier when the policies of planners, politicians, and industrialists dovetail so precisely.
- But his athletic prowess dovetailed with his particular experiences, and his body, for him, acquired almost magical power.
- That research could dovetail with gene-therapy efforts under way at Chiron.
- The higher prices would dovetail nicely with production capacity increases that are already in the pipeline.
- This block is dovetailed into the pine framing of the sides so it can be slipped off for disassembly.
- This is why a mix of different people has the potential to dovetail and become a cohesive team.
- Yet, in retrospect, Glam dovetailed exactly with developments in consumer capitalism.
1[intransitive, transitive] to fit together perfectly or to make two plans, ideas etc fit together perfectlydovetail with My vacation plans dovetail nicely with Joyce’s.2[transitive + together] to join two pieces of wood by means of dovetail jointsdovetail1 verbdovetail2 noun dovetaildovetail2 (also ˌdovetail ˈjoint) noun [countable] a type of joint fastening two pieces of wood together |