rendezvous — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A meeting or date.

   Synonyms

   assignation

   Examples

   Near-synonym: assignation (hyponymous in modern use)

   I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours.

   More examples (4)

   The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.

   These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous.

   You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous / (You might think) You might think I'm crazy / (All I want) All I want is you

   “It is my understanding from other parties who are trying to arrange a rendezvous with myself and the President, it is being arranged for me to give him the firsthand information from (Assange),” Rohrabacher said.

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

   Examples

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

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

   Synonyms

   meeting place

   Examples

   an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers

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

   Examples

   The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.

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

6. A retreat or refuge.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   A rendeuous, a home to fly unto

Verb

1. To meet at an agreed time and place.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Related words

   rendez-vous for French definitionspellingand pronunciation

   Examples

   Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.

   More examples (1)

   [H]e ſupplied Charles vvith a numerous army, vvhich rendezvouſed at Angers, under the command of his eldeſt ſon John duke of Normandy, attended by ſeveral princes of the blood and the flovver of the French nobility.

   In the entrance-hall, a surprising number of opera-goers have already rendezvoused.

   More examples (1)

   They saw each other four times after that, rendezvousing at New York locations reflecting their own tastes. For him, the Knickerbocker Bar & Grill; for her, the Standard and Ludlow hotels.

Noun

1. a meeting planned at a certain time and place

   Broader terms

   meetingcoming togethercongress

2. a place where people meet

   Broader terms

   topographic pointplacespot

   Examples

   he was waiting for them at the rendezvous

3. a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex

   Synonyms

   tryst

   Broader terms

   dateappointmentengagement

Verb

1. meet at a rendezvous

   Broader terms

   meetget together