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# rendezvous

«rendezvous» in Mova's school dictionary: **A meeting at an agreed time and place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rendezvous, rendezvous — plural spelt the same); verb (rendezvous, rendezvouses, rendezvoused, rendezvousing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A meeting at an agreed time and place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#m1)

2) The place where people agree to meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#m2)

3) (verb) To meet at an agreed time and place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#m3)

4) (space) When two spacecraft meet and line up in space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, adventures and spy books a rendezvous is a secret meeting place. In everyday life and safety, families agree a rendezvous point in case they get lost at a fair or a fire drill. In science and news it describes spacecraft meeting the space station. Phrases: «rendezvous point», «a secret rendezvous», «rendezvous with».

### examples

- If we get separated, our rendezvous is the big clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#x1)
- The spies had a secret rendezvous at midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#x2)
- The fire assembly point is our rendezvous in a drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#x3)
- The capsule made a rendezvous with the space station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#x4)
- We rendezvoused with Grandma at the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#x5)
- The boats will rendezvous near the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/#x6)

### note

Borrowed from French («present yourselves»). Pronounced «RON-day-voo»; the z and s are silent. Plural spelt the same but the s is said: «RON-day-vooz». Agreeing a meeting point is a good safety habit in crowds.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rendezvous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rendezvous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.