rendezvous
Meanings
Plural: rendezvous, rendezvouses
Noun
- a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- a place where people meet
- "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"
- a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- A meeting or date.
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- A retreat or refuge.
Verb
- meet at a rendezvous
- To meet at an agreed time and place.
Origin / Etymology
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]”.
Synonyms
RV, tryst
Scrabble Score: 23
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Words With Friends Score: 26
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