Значение

значений: 6
  1. (переходный)To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.

    durch einen Schwalbenschwanz verbinden

  2. (переносно, переходный)To combine or fit (things) together well.

    The executive board dovetailed its decision neatly with the prior projects the company had taken up.

    Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming.

    aufeinander abgestimmt sein, aufeinander verzahnt sein, einpassen

    согласо́выватьсяsoglasóvyvatʹsja, соотве́тствоватьsootvétstvovatʹ, пригоня́тьprigonjátʹ

    fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail

  3. (переносно, переходный)To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.

  4. (переносно, переходный)To seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.

  5. (переносно, непереходный)Of several things: to combine or fit together well.

    The parts of your essay should dovetail so that it is cohesive and coherent.

  6. (непереходный)To adapt to something; to fit in.

Примеры

предложений: 3
  1. Tom's vacation plans dovetail nicely with Mary's.

  2. India's goals dovetail with the US' desire to better compete with China.

  3. It's not always that our postures dovetail exactly. And yet, the overlapping and mutual interests abound.

Переводы

языков: 5
Русский
По значениям 1
to combine or fit (things) together well:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint:
to combine or fit (things) together well:

Происхождение

The noun is derived from dove + tail. The verb is derived from the noun.

The noun is derived from dove + tail. The verb is derived from the noun.

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Формы

dovetails, dovetailing, dovetailed, dovetailed
Базовая формаdovetail · to dovetail
3-е лицо ед. числаdovetails
Причастие настоящего времениdovetailing
Прошедшее времяdovetailed
Причастие прошедшего времениdovetailed

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theydovetail
he, she, itdovetails

Past simpleУрок

все лицаdovetailed

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave dovetailed
he, she, ithas dovetailed

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill dovetail

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 4
СвязанныеjoinA1
Производныеdovetaileddovetailingdovetailer

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соседние слова
dovetail — значение, примеры, формы, синонимы | Krumeto