dovetail
dove
ˈdʌv
dav
tail
ˌteÉĒl
teil
/dˈʌvte‍ÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "dovetail"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to fit together in a satisfactory or suitable way
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her career goals dovetail with the opportunities offered by the new job position.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāύāϏāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make things fit well with each other
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The two departments ’ objectives dovetail, leading to a more integrated approach to problem-solving.
āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĄā§‹āϭ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϞ, āĻĄā§‹āϭ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϞ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ

a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ