rendezvous

²ren·dez·vous

verb \ˈrän-di-ˌvü, -dā-\

ren·dez·voused \-ˌvüd\ ren·dez·vous·ing \-ˌvü-iŋ\ ren·dez·vouses \-ˌvüz\

Definition of RENDEZVOUS

intransitive verb

: to meet or come together at a particular time and place: come together for a rendezvous (see ¹rendezvous)

transitive verb

1

: to bring together at a particular time and place : bring together for a rendezvous

2

: to meet at a rendezvous

Examples of RENDEZVOUS

1. The cousins rendezvoused in New York before they flew to London.
2. <we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m.>
3. Despite a stuck antenna, the Galileo spacecraft successfully rendezvoused with the asteroid Gaspra last October, coming within 1,000 miles and snapping 150 photos for NASA's scrapbook. —Linda Shiner, Air & Space Smithsonian, February/March 1992
4. Grabbing an extra suit of clothes and leaving the rest of his possessions on board with instructions to rendezvous the next day, he and his companions set off. —Ross E. Dunn, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, 1986
5. His two ships were separated in the fog, but rendezvoused according to plan in Dusky Bay in southwest New Zealand to pass the southern winter. —Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983

Origin of RENDEZVOUS

(see ¹rendezvous)

First Known Use: 1645

Related to RENDEZVOUS

Synonyms: cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, assemble

Antonyms: break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

Related Words: affiliate, ally, associate, band (together), caucus, club, collaborate, confederate, conjoin, consolidate, consort, cooperate, couple, federate, gang up, join, merge, unite; reassemble, reconvene, regather, remeet

Near Antonyms: depart, leave, take off; disjoin, dissociate, disunite

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