What does rendezvous mean?
Definitions for rendezvous
ˈrɑn dəˌvu, -deɪ-; -ˌvuz; ˌvud; -ˌvu ɪŋren·dezvous
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rendezvous.
Princeton's WordNet
rendezvousnoun
a meeting planned at a certain time and place
rendezvousnoun
a place where people meet
"he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"
tryst, rendezvousverb
a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
rendezvousverb
meet at a rendezvous
Wiktionary
rendezvousnoun
A meeting or date.
I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.
rendezvousnoun
An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet.
Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.
rendezvousverb
To meet at an agreed time and place.
Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
Etymology: From rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural of rendre + vous.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Rendezvousnoun
Etymology: rendez vous, Fr.
A commander of many ships should rather keep his fleet together, than have it severed far asunder; for the attendance of meeting them again at the next rendezvous would consume time and victual. Walter Raleigh, Apology.
The philosopher-stone and a holy war are but the rendezvous of cracked brains, that wear their feather in their head instead of their hat. Francis Bacon.
The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Edward Hyde.
This was the general rendezvous which they all got to, and, mingling more and more with that oily liquor, they sucked it all up. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
To Rendezvousverb
To meet at a place appointed.
Etymology: from the noun.
Wikipedia
Rendezvous
Rendezvous is as song by British singer Craig David. It was released in 19 March 2001 as the fourth and final single from his debut studio album, Born to Do It, and became his fifth top ten hit from the album, following "Rewind", "Fill Me In", "7 Days" and "Walking Away".
ChatGPT
rendezvous
Rendezvous is a noun that refers to a planned meeting or gathering between two or more individuals at a specific time and place. It involves the coordination and synchronization of participants to come together for a particular purpose, such as a social event, business meeting, or romantic encounter. Rendezvous can also be used as a verb to describe the act of arranging and attending a meeting.
Webster Dictionary
Rendezvousnoun
a place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet
Rendezvousnoun
especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment
Rendezvousnoun
a meeting by appointment
Rendezvousnoun
retreat; refuge
Rendezvousverb
to assemble or meet at a particular place
Rendezvousverb
to bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled
Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]
Wikidata
Rendezvous
Rendezvous is a latin jazz album released by Michel Camilo, pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1993 on the Columbia Records label. The album was produced by Camilo and Julio Marti and features nine tracks. This album was picked by Billboard magazines as one of the top jazz albums of the year.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rendezvous
ren′de-vōō, or räng′-, n. an appointed place of meeting, esp. for troops or ships: a place for enlistment: a refuge:—pl. Ren′dezvous.—v.i. to assemble at any appointed place. [Fr. rendez vous, render yourselves—rendre, to render.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
rendezvous
The port or place of destination where the several ships of a fleet are appointed to join company.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
rendezvous
A place appointed for a meeting; especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; sometimes a place for enlistment. Also, to assemble or meet at a particular place, as troops, ships, etc.
Etymology and Origins
Rendezvous
Literally an individual haunt or resort, and in no sense a place of public meeting. The word is French for “betake yourself.”
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rendezvous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rendezvous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of rendezvous in a Sentence
It's an integrated plan that knits together return[ing] to the moon on a commercial and international basis, leveraging asteroid rendezvous, and settling Mars on a carefully developed risk-mitigation architecture, it includes the use of a robotic cycler between Mars and Earth that will revolutionize the economics and safety aspects of human missions to Mars.
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.
If we had the LSST online prior to `Oumuamua’s passage through the inner solar system, we would have discovered it much earlier in its trajectory, we could have had the opportunity to send a space mission to intercept and rendezvous with the object because it came so close to the Earth. Therefore, in the future when we discover more interstellar objects, we will be able to send a dedicated space mission to an interstellar object.
I believe the destiny of your generation-and your nation-is a rendezvous with excellence.
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- موعدArabic
- randeCzech
- rendezvousDanish
- RendezvousGerman
- citaSpanish
- راندووPersian
- tapaaminen, kohdata, tavataFinnish
- rendez-vousFrench
- मिलन स्थलHindi
- randevúHungarian
- פגישהHebrew
- 待ち合わせるJapanese
- spotkanie, randkaPolish
- rendez-vous, encontroPortuguese
- свидание, рандеву, встречаRussian
- tagpuanTagalog
- randevulaşmak, randevuTurkish
- دلکشUrdu
- nơi hẹnVietnamese
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