noun
rendezvous
RON-dih-voo
noun
1
A planned meeting, especially at an agreed time and place.
"The spies arranged a rendezvous at the old train station."
"The two ships had a rendezvous point off the coast."
verb
1
To meet at an arranged time and place.
"The climbing team agreed to rendezvous at base camp by nightfall."
How to Use Rendezvous
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA planned meeting, or to meet up as planned.
Common pairings
rendezvous point
rendezvous with
arrange a rendezvous
Word Forms
rendezvoused past tense, rendezvous plural, rendezvouses plural, rendezvouses singular, rendezvous singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous, "present yourselves" — from the imperative of se rendre, "to go (to a place)."