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• present participle of render.

rendering

American  

[ren-der-ing] / ˈrɛn dər ɪŋ /

noun

• renderings
  plural

1. Digital Technology.

   1. the synthesis of discrete digital components into a final graphic output.

      With hardware acceleration, the browser should also be able to handle full-screen rendering to play videos in cinema view.

      The new modeling tool offers state-of-the-art rendering and simulation of hair in gameplay and in cinematics.

   2. the execution of loading and displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., in a video game.

      Players complained that slow rendering caused an “invisible enemies glitch” on older consoles.

2. an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition.

   Many critics praised the modern band’s renderings of Gregorian chants on their second album.

3. a translation.

   This rendering of Dante’s text was devoid of the necessary cultural context, and fell far short of other translations.

4. a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation.

5. an official finding or a judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court.

   One must follow the new constitution without considering any legal renderings of the past.

6. Cooking. Usually renderings fat extracted from a rendered piece of beef, pork, sausage, etc..

   Toss the greens in a skillet with a spoonful of heated bacon renderings and some crumbled bacon for less than a minute.

7. Building Trades. render.

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rendering British  

/ ˈrɛndərɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or an instance of performing a play, piece of music, etc

2. a translation of a text from a foreign language

3. Also called: rendering coat, render. a coat of plaster or cement mortar applied to a surface

4. a perspective drawing showing an architect's idea of a finished building, interior, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• renderings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of rendering

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (gerund); render ¹ + -ing ¹ ( def. )

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Explanation

Anything that's been interpreted in an artistic form is a rendering — a song, a drawing, a theatrical performance. On a more technical note, an architect's drawing or plan is known as a rendering. While we're still architect-related, the coat of stucco placed over the surface of a masonry wall can be a rendering as well. Rendering can also represent the giving of something, as in Gandhi's famous quote, that "We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party." Don't associate rendering with the verb rend — which means quite the opposite — "to break apart or destroy."

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rendering renderings

A rendering of the project's design from earlier this year includes a golden, winged Lady Liberty statue on the top of the arch, flanked by two gold eagles,.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The fitness entrepreneur, 46, shared an AI-generated rendering of the planned residence on Instagram, revealing that it will span between 12,000 and 13,000 square feet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

She is quick to make friends with Ye-ji and happy to contribute to the documentary, but sensitive to the moods of her camera-averse husband—who is, in Mr. Sul’s rendering, a profoundly broken man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In his review, Times theater critic Charles McNulty described the show as “the best rendering of the play I’ve encountered.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

They’d slipped from the pulleys and fallen, rendering the citadel forever—or until now—inaccessible.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Now Kroenke had an approved stadium plan and not just fancy renderings to bring to fellow NFL owners, who 11 months later gave the thumbs up to a state-of-the-art venue at Hollywood Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

There is plenty to protest in the plan: Trump is threatening to install gold accents throughout the buildings, and renderings show a new covered walkway that could interrupt the clean lines of Saarinen’s facade.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Workers were seen assembling domed arches and a staging area, which based on online renderings, will form an octagon-shaped ring surrounded by a wire-mesh fence and thousands of temporary seats.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Ethan Allen designer Ellen Kilroy still visits homes to snap photos and take measurements, but she has traded her board of furniture-shaped magnets for three-dimensional renderings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The ache in the middle of my left shin bone came to life, and I abandoned any hope of sleep before seven, when my radio-alarm clock would rouse me with its hearty renderings of Sousa.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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