Meaning & use

rendezvous

noun·Advanced

A meeting arranged in advance at a particular time and place, or the place itself.

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The spies had a secret rendezvous planned at midnight near the old bridge.

The two ships were scheduled to rendezvous off the coast at dawn.

A note on using this word

Borrowed from French, rendezvous is pronounced roughly 'RON-day-voo,' and the final 's' is silent.

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