rendezvous

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  1. noun A meeting at a prearranged time and place. See Synonyms at engagement.
  2. noun A prearranged meeting place, especially an assembly point for troops or ships.
  3. noun A popular gathering place: The café is a favorite rendezvous for artists.
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  • Agreeing to the rendezvous was their only chance of recovering Jennie Nighthorse alive, even if it got them killed. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • I should have made him push on faster through the mines instead of wet-nursing him: the rendezvous could be a kilometre from here and if I missed it the one fine thread would break. —  The Striker Portfolio
  • There were no such worries with Peter Logan, which served to heighten Elspeth's sense of intrigue as to what more meaty issue this rendezvous might be about. —  Boiling a Frog
  • Your rendezvous is at noon tomorrow in the main post office. —  Northlight
  • Either you see a woman three times in quick succession and then never again, or you maintain relations over the years but make sure that the rendezvous are at least three weeks apart. —  The Unbearable Lightness of Being
 

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destination ·  resort ·  gathering ·  excursion ·  encounter ·  departure ·  residence ·  haunt ·  refuge ·  pastime ·  retreat ·  stroll
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  1. French, from the phrase rendez vous, present yourselves, from Old French : rendez, second person pl. imperative of rendre, to present; see render + vous, yourselves, you (from Latin vōs, you; see wŏ̄s in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Formerly also rendesvous, randevous, rendevous; from French rendez-vous, betake or assemble yourselves (at the place appointed), from rendez, 2d person plural imperative of rendre, render, betake (see render), + vous, you, yourself, yourselves, from Latin vos, you, plural of tu, thou.
  2. from rendezvous, n.
 

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