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( rɒ ndeɪvuː )
Word forms: present participle rendezvousing , past tense , past participle rendezvoused pronunciation note: The form rendezvous is pronounced ( rɒ ndeɪvuːz ) when it is the plural of the noun or the third person singular of the verb.1. countable noun A rendezvous is a meeting, often a secret one, that you have arranged with someone for a particular time and place.
I had almost decided to keep my rendezvous with Tony. [ + with ]
Synonyms: appointment, meeting, date, engagement More Synonyms of rendezvous
2. countable noun A rendezvous is the place where you have arranged to meet someone, often secretly.
Their rendezvous would be the Penta Hotel at Heathrow Airport.
Synonyms: meeting place , venue , gathering point , place of assignation More Synonyms of rendezvous
3. verb If you rendezvous with someone or if the two of you rendezvous , you meet them at a time and place that you have arranged.
The plan was to rendezvous with him on Sunday afternoon. [ VERB + with ]
She wondered where they were going to rendezvous afterwards. [ VERB ]
Synonyms: meet, assemble, get together , come together More Synonyms of rendezvous
rendezvous in British English ( ˈrɒndɪˌvuː )
noun Word forms: plural -vous ( -ˌvuːz ) 1. a meeting or appointment to meet at a specified time and place
2. a place where people meet
3. an arranged meeting of two spacecraft
verb 4. to meet or cause to meet at a specified time or place
Word origin
C16: from French, from
rendez-vous! present yourselves! from
se rendre to present oneself; see
render rendezvous in American English ( ˈrɑndeɪˌvu ; ˈrɑndiˌvu; ˈrɑndəˌvu)
noun Word forms: plural ˈrendezˌvous ( ˈrɑndeɪˌvuz ; ˈrɑndiˌvuz; ˈrɑndəˌvuz) 1. a place designated for a meeting or assembling, as of troops, ships, airplanes, space vehicles, etc.
2. a place where people are in the habit of meeting or gathering
3. a. an agreement or appointment between two or more persons to meet at a certain time or place
verb intransitive Word forms: ˈrendezˌvoused ( ˈrɑndeɪˌvud ; ˈrɑndiˌvud; ˈrɑndəˌvud) or ˈrendezˌvousing ( ˈrɑndeɪˈvuɪŋ ; ˈrɑndiˈvuɪŋ; ˈrɑndəˌvuɪŋ) 4. to meet or assemble at a certain time or place
verb transitive 5. to assemble (troops, etc.) at a certain time or place
Word origin
Fr: substantive use of
rendez-vous, betake or present yourself (or yourselves)
Examples of 'rendezvous' in a sentence rendezvous
The platoon manoeuvres Doc towards the rendezvous point. More than one in three rendezvous then. The rendezvous had been arranged by radio message via third parties. Special forces commandos melted into the jungle around the planned rendezvous. That he had planned a rendezvous with a British officer. Once over the top, she planned to rendezvous with her lover in a hire car. In the morning, the remainder met at the rendezvous point. The pair meet, have secret rendezvous and sing love songs to each other. The next day they exchanged steamy texts too explicit to publish - and fixed another rendezvous. But as she arranges another rendezvous with her enigmatic stranger, things spiral further out of control. Or maybe she forgot to mention she'd invited some photographers to record their romantic rural rendezvous. The following year he began writing to her to try to arrange a rendezvous when he visited Europe. I arranged a rendezvous and left them to it. When she did not arrive at an agreed rendezvous point, he alerted a park ranger who raised the alarm. In other languages rendezvous
British English :
rendezvous /
ˈrɒndɪˌvuː /
NOUN A rendezvous is a meeting, often a secret one, that you have arranged with someone for a particular time and place.
I decided to keep my rendezvous with him.
American English : rendezvous Arabic : مَوْعِد Brazilian Portuguese : encontro marcado Chinese : 约会 Croatian : sastanak Czech : schůzka Danish : rendezvous Dutch : rendez-vous European Spanish : encuentro Finnish : tapaaminen sovittu kohtaaminenFrench : rendez-vous German : Rendezvous Greek : ραντεβού Italian : appuntamento Japanese : 会う約束 Korean : 랑데부 Norwegian : stevnemøte Polish : randka European Portuguese : encontro marcado Romanian : întâlnire Russian : встреча Latin American Spanish : encuentro Swedish : möte Thai : การนัดพบตามเวลาที่นัดไว้ Turkish : randevu Ukrainian : побачення Vietnamese : cuộc hẹn bí mật Chinese translation of 'rendezvous' rendezvous (ˈrɔndɪvuː)
Word forms: pl rendezvous (ˈrɔndɪvuz)
n (c) (= meeting ) 约(約)会(會) (yuēhuì) (= place ) 约(約)会(會)地点(點) (yuēhuì dìdiǎn) vi [people, spacecraft] 会(會)合 (huìhé) to rendezvous with sb 与(與)某人在约(約)定地点(點)相会(會) (yǔ mǒurén zài yuēdìng dìdiǎn xiānghuì)
Definition
an appointment to meet at a specified time and place
I had decided to keep my rendezvous with him.
Definition
a place where people meet
Their rendezvous would be the hotel at the airport.
Synonyms
meeting place
venue
gathering point
place of assignation
trysting-place (archaic)
Definition
to meet at a specified time or place
The plan was to rendezvous on Sunday afternoon.
Synonyms
come together
rally
join up
be reunited
Additional synonyms Definition
to collect or gather together
There was nowhere for students to assemble before classes.
Synonyms
gather ,
meet ,
collect ,
rally ,
flock ,
accumulate ,
come together ,
muster ,
convene ,
congregate ,
foregather
Definition
a secret arrangement to meet, esp. one between lovers
They arranged their assignations by phone.
Synonyms
secret meeting ,
rendezvous ,
tryst (archaic) ,
clandestine meeting ,
illicit meeting
Definition
to gather together or be gathered together
A crowd collected outside.
Synonyms
assemble ,
meet ,
rally ,
cluster ,
come together ,
convene ,
converge ,
congregate ,
flock together ,
foregather
Nearby words of rendezvous
rend render rendering rendezvous rendition renegade renege
Additional synonyms Definition
(of opinions or effects) to move towards a shared conclusion or result
As they flow south, the five rivers converge.
Synonyms
come together ,
meet ,
join ,
combine ,
gather ,
merge ,
coincide ,
mingle ,
intersect Definition
an appointment, esp. with a person to whom one is romantically or sexually attached
He had made a date with his friend to go view the exhibition.
Synonyms
appointment ,
meeting ,
meet-up ,
arrangement ,
commitment ,
engagement ,
rendezvous ,
tryst ,
assignation Definition
a business or social appointment
He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight.
Synonyms
appointment ,
meeting ,
interview ,
date ,
commitment ,
arrangement ,
rendezvous Definition
to come or bring together
In the evenings, we gathered round the fire and talked.
Synonyms
congregate ,
assemble ,
get together ,
collect ,
group ,
meet ,
mass ,
rally ,
flock ,
come together ,
muster ,
convene ,
converge ,
rendezvous ,
foregather
Definition
to meet socially or in order to have a discussion
This is the only forum where East and West can get together.
Synonyms
meet ,
unite ,
join ,
collect ,
gather ,
rally ,
assemble ,
muster ,
convene ,
converge ,
congregate Definition
an act of coming together
Thirty-seven years after our first meeting I was back in her studio.
Synonyms
encounter ,
introduction ,
confrontation ,
engagement ,
rendezvous ,
tryst ,
assignation Definition
to call or be called together for duty or inspection
They mustered in the open, well wrapped and saying little.
Synonyms
assemble ,
meet ,
come together ,
convene ,
congregate ,
convoke (formal)