rendezvous

/'rɔndivu:/

Thân thiện

The couple had a romantic rendezvous at the cozy café.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A meeting planned at a certain time and place: An appointment or arrangement to meet someone at a specific location and time.
   • A place where people meet: A location that is designated or commonly used for meetings.
   • A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex: A romantic or social meeting, often implying a degree of secrecy or special arrangement.

2. Verb:

   • To meet at a rendezvous: To come together at a pre-arranged time and place.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • We have a rendezvous at the café at noon. (We have a planned meeting at the café at noon.)
  • The old bridge was their secret rendezvous. (The old bridge was their secret meeting place.)
  • Their first rendezvous was at a quiet restaurant. (Their first date was at a quiet restaurant.)

• Verb:

  • The two agents will rendezvous at midnight. (The two agents will meet at the pre-arranged location at midnight.)
  • The hikers agreed to rendezvous at the trailhead. (The hikers agreed to meet at the start of the trail.)

Advanced Usage

• Military/Technical Context: In military, aviation, or space operations, "rendezvous" specifically refers to the precise meeting of two vehicles or units at a planned location in space or on the ground.
  • The spacecraft will attempt a orbital rendezvous with the space station.
• To have a rendezvous (with someone): A common phrase meaning to meet someone, often for a romantic or clandestine purpose.
  • He was nervous about having a rendezvous with his online date.

Variants and Related Words

• Rendezvous point (n.): A specific, often pre-determined, location for a meeting.
  • The park fountain is our rendezvous point if we get separated.

Synonyms

• Meeting: A gathering of people for a purpose.
• Appointment: A formal arrangement to meet at a specific time.
• Assignation: Often implies a secret meeting, especially for lovers.
• Tryst: A private, romantic meeting between lovers.

Related Phrases

• To keep a rendezvous: To honor a planned meeting by attending it.
  • Despite the rain, she kept their rendezvous.
• To miss a rendezvous: To fail to attend a planned meeting.
  • He missed the rendezvous because his train was delayed.

Idioms

• A rendezvous with destiny: A figurative phrase for a crucial, fateful meeting or event in one's life.
  • The election was seen as the nation's rendezvous with destiny.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
2. a place where people meet
   • he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
3. a meeting planned at a certain time and place

Verb

1. meet at a rendezvous

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