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RENDEZVOUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A meeting planned at a certain time and place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rendezvous" is a kind of...):

coming together; congress; meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendezvous"):

assignation; tryst (a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers))

Derivation:

rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex

Synonyms:

rendezvous; tryst

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("rendezvous" is a kind of...):

appointment; date; engagement (a meeting arranged in advance)

Derivation:

rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A place where people meet

Example:

he was waiting for them at the rendezvous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("rendezvous" is a kind of...):

place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)

Derivation:

rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meet at a rendezvous

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rendezvous" is one way to...):

get together; meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rendezvous (a meeting planned at a certain time and place)

rendezvous (a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex)

rendezvous (a place where people meet)

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