rendezvous
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ren·dez·vous
[rahn-duh-voo, -dey-; French rahn-de-voo] noun, plural ren·dez·vous 
dəˌvu, -deɪ-; [-vooz; French -voo] , verb, ren·dez·voused [vood] , ren·dez·vous·ing [-voo-ing] . noun
1.
an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
2.
the meeting itself.
3.
a place designated for a meeting or assembling, especially of troops or ships.
4.
a meeting of two or more spacecraft in outer space.
5.
a favorite or popular gathering place.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to assemble at an agreed time and place.
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Origin:
1585–95; < Middle French, noun use of rendez-vous (imperative) present or betake yourselves; see render1
1585–95; < Middle French, noun use of rendez-vous (imperative) present or betake yourselves; see render1
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rendezvous (ˈrɒndɪˌvuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -vous | |
| 1. | a meeting or appointment to meet at a specified time and place |
| 2. | a place where people meet |
| 3. | an arranged meeting of two spacecraft |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to meet or cause to meet at a specified time or place |
| [C16: from French, from rendez-vous! present yourselves! from se rendre to present oneself; see | |
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Word Origin & History
rendezvous
1591, "place for assembling of troops," from M.Fr. rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, imperative of rendre "present" + vous "you." General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1594. The verb is from 1645.
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rendezvous definition
1. In Ada, the method of synchronising the activity of different tasks.
2. Query language, close to natural English.
["Seven Steps to Rendezvous with the Casual User", E. Codd in Data Base Management, J.W. Klimbie et al eds, N-H 1974, pp.179-199].
Example sentences
Our afternoon survey leads to a trampled-down rendezvous site.
There were rendezvous on the imperial duck-hunting grounds.
Behind the picturesque and captivating rendezvous lurks a powerful dramatic situation and a moral problem of arresting gravity.
Those two crossings marked their successful rendezvous with the troops who had preceded them.
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