Meaning

6 senses
  1. A meeting or date.

    Near-synonym: assignation (hyponymous in modern use)

    I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours.

    Rendezvous

    свида́ниеsvidánije, встре́чаvstréča, рандеву́randɛvú

    a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex

  2. An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.

    Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.

    Rendezvous

    a meeting planned at a certain time and place

  3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

    a place where people meet

  4. The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.

  5. A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.

  6. (obsolete)A retreat or refuge.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. We'll meet Tom at the rendezvous point.

  2. We're approaching the rendezvous point.

    ruМы приближаемся к месту встречи. — sharptoothed

    deWir nähern uns dem Treffpunkt. — Yorwba

  3. There won't be a second rendezvous.

  4. I have a rendezvous with my uncle tomorrow.

  5. Tom bought, for his rendezvous, a flower and some gifts.

    ruДля свидания Том купил цветок и подарки. — marafon

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural i

Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally, “[you (imperative)] go to, get yourself to [a place]”.

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Forms

plural: rendezvous

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex:tryst

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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