noun
- A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc..
- usage: "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert"
- synonyms: rendition
- An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious.
- usage: "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"
- synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition
- The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance.
- usage: "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving"
- synonyms: rendition, interpretation
- A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
- synonyms: translation, interlingual rendition, version
- A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall.
- Perspective drawing of an architect's design.
- Giving in acknowledgment of obligation.
verb
- Cause to become.
- usage: "The shot rendered her immobile"
- synonyms: render
- Give something useful or necessary to.
- usage: "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
- Give an interpretation or rendition of.
- usage: "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
- Give or supply.
- usage: "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1, 000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
- Pass down.
- usage: "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
- Make over as a return.
- usage: "They had to render the estate"
- Give back.
- usage: "render money"
- To surrender someone or something to another.
- usage: "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
- Show in, or as in, a picture.
- usage: "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
- Coat with plastic or cement.
- usage: "render the brick walls in the den"
- synonyms: render
- Bestow.
- usage: "give homage"; "render thanks"
- Restate (words) from one language into another language.
- usage: "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U. S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U. N."
- Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.
- usage: "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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