rendezvous
[noun]
Synonyms:
- appointment, assignation, date, engagement, meeting, tryst (archaic)
- meeting place, gathering point, venue
[verb]
Synonyms:
- meet, assemble, come together, gather, join up

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English Thesaurus: meeting, conference, convention, rally, summit, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ren‧dez‧vous¹ /ˈrɒndəvuː, ˈrɒndɪvuː, -deɪ- $ ˈrɑːndeɪ-/ noun (plural rendezvous /-vuːz/)
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: 'present yourselves!']

1. [countable] an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place, often secretly
rendezvous with
He made a rendezvous with her in Times Square.
plans for a secret rendezvous

2. [countable usually singular] a place where two or more people have arranged to meet:
Boats picked us up at pre-arranged rendezvous.

3. [countable] a bar, restaurant etc where people like to meet:
a popular rendezvous for media people

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. rendezvous² verb [intransitive]

1. to meet someone at a time or place that was arranged earlier Synonym : meet up
rendezvous with
We’ll rendezvous with James in Nicosia.

2. if two spacecraft, aircraft, or military vehicles rendezvous, they meet, for example to move supplies from one to the other

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rendezvous
noun
I. arrangement to meet sb
ADJ. secret
VERB + RENDEZVOUS have | arrange | keep Although it was late, there was still enough time to keep the rendezvous.
make She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.
miss
PREP. ~ with I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.
PHRASES a place for a rendezvous

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rendezvous
II. place where people meet
ADJ. popular The cafe is a popular rendezvous for young lovers.
secret | pre-arranged
VERB + RENDEZVOUS make your way (back) to/towards The platoon made its way to the pre-arranged rendezvous in the desert.
RENDEZVOUS + NOUN point

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

meeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something:
a business meeting.
Mr Bell is in a meeting.
The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.
conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it:
Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year?
a conference of women business leaders
convention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests:
the Democratic Party Convention
a convention for Star Trek fans
rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something:
There was a massive peace rally in London.
summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters:
A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.
next week’s economic summit
caucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election:
Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.
teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment:
The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.
gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family:
We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday.
She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.
date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with:
I think I might ask her out on a date.
rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly:
She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.
tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship:
a good place for a moonlight tryst

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