rendezvous
verb
ren·dez·vous
ˈrän-di-ˌvü 
-dā-
rendezvoused
ˈrän-di-ˌvüd
-dā-
; rendezvousing
ˈrän-di-ˌvü-iŋ
-dā-
; rendezvouses
ˈrän-di-ˌvüz
-dā-
1
transitive + intransitive
: to meet or come together for a rendezvous
The cousins will rendezvous in New York before they fly to London.
It was the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet.—
Michael Daly
Michael Daly2
transitive
: to meet with for a rendezvous
… every day they have a scrub, the opportunity to rendezvous the space station becomes 22.5 minutes earlier.—Miles O'Brien, speaking on CNN Live
Miles O'Brien, speaking on CNN Live3
transitive
: to bring together for a rendezvous
… the ability of ground control to rendezvous two orbiting spacecraft.—Edward D. Flinn
Edward D. FlinnExamples of rendezvous in a Sentence
Despite a stuck antenna, the Galileo spacecraft successfully rendezvoused with the asteroid Gaspra last October, coming within 1,000 miles and snapping 150 photos for NASA's scrapbook.
—Linda Shiner, Air & Space Smithsonian, February/March 1992
Grabbing an extra suit of clothes and leaving the rest of his possessions on board with instructions to rendezvous the next day, he and his companions set off.
—Ross E. Dunn, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, 1986
His two ships were separated in the fog, but rendezvoused according to plan in Dusky Bay in southwest New Zealand to pass the southern winter.
—Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983
The cousins rendezvoused in New York before they flew to London.
we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m.
Linda Shiner, Air & Space Smithsonian, February/March 1992
Grabbing an extra suit of clothes and leaving the rest of his possessions on board with instructions to rendezvous the next day, he and his companions set off.
—Ross E. Dunn, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, 1986
His two ships were separated in the fog, but rendezvoused according to plan in Dusky Bay in southwest New Zealand to pass the southern winter.
—Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983
The cousins rendezvoused in New York before they flew to London.
we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m.
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Both Blue Origin's and SpaceX's landers would rendezvous with astronauts aboard NASA's Orion crew capsule in lunar orbit and transport them to and from the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Artemis 3 is planned for late 2027, and will launch NASA's Orion capsule with a crew of astronauts to rendezvous and dock with Starship in LEO to assess the spacecrafts' ability to link up in orbit.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 May 2026
The space agency is also angling to test Starship’s ability to rendezvous and dock with its own crew capsule, Orion, in Earth orbit in 2027.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The company is racing to have Starship ready for next year’s revamped Artemis III mission, which calls for Starship’s upper stage to rendezvous with NASA’s Orion capsule — the same vehicle that carried the Artemis II astronauts around the moon last month — while orbiting Earth.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 May 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Artemis 3 is planned for late 2027, and will launch NASA's Orion capsule with a crew of astronauts to rendezvous and dock with Starship in LEO to assess the spacecrafts' ability to link up in orbit.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 May 2026
The space agency is also angling to test Starship’s ability to rendezvous and dock with its own crew capsule, Orion, in Earth orbit in 2027.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The company is racing to have Starship ready for next year’s revamped Artemis III mission, which calls for Starship’s upper stage to rendezvous with NASA’s Orion capsule — the same vehicle that carried the Artemis II astronauts around the moon last month — while orbiting Earth.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 May 2026
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“Rendezvous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rendezvous. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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rendezvous
1 of 2 noun
ren·dez·vous
ˈrän-di-ˌvü
-dā-
plural rendezvous
-ˌvüz
1
a
: a place agreed on for assembling or meeting
b
: a place that many people visit
2
: a planned meeting
rendezvous
2 of 2 verb
rendezvoused
-ˌvüd
; rendezvousing
-ˌvü-iŋ
; rendezvouses
-ˌvüz
: to come or bring together at a rendezvous
Etymology
early French rendezvous "a place to meet," from the phrase rendez vous "present yourself"
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