Rendezvous
['rɒndɪvuː;-deɪvuː] or ['rɑndevʊ]
Definition
(noun.) a meeting planned at a certain time and place.
(noun.) a place where people meet; 'he was waiting for them at the rendezvous'.
(verb.) meet at a rendezvous.
Typist: Nathaniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
(n.) Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
(n.) A meeting by appointment.
(n.) Retreat; refuge.
(v. i.) To assemble or meet at a particular place.
(v. t.) To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.
Typed by Lesley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Place of meeting.
Checker: Maryann
Definition
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.
Editor: Paula
Examples
- My trusty dog watched the sheep as I slipped away to the rendezvous of my comrades, and thence to the accomplishment of our schemes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The carriage is our rendezvous, then? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He has a rendezvous. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Why Briarfield was chosen for the point of rendezvous--the scene of the _fête_--should be explained. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They wish to be as little noticed as possible, and are seeking their rendezvous at this quiet hour, while the people are at church. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Do you, said I, enjoy yourself, and let this be our rendezvous. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Our only place of rendezvous was the garden. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Day after day he rose with the sun, buckled on his leggings, and went off to the rendezvous with Humphrey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I went to our old place of rendezvous to meet the duke. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was a slow sailer on a wind of happiness, but he took a cross cut for the rendezvous, and pegged away as if he were scoring furiously at cribbage. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We saw where Agamemnon's fleets rendezvoused, and away inland a mountain which the map said was Mount Ida. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Rene