render

¹ American  

[ren-der] / ˈrɛn dər /

verb (used with object)

• renders,
  present (3rd person singular)
• rendered,
  past participle,  past
• rendering
  present participle

1. to cause to be or become; make.

   to render someone helpless.

2. to do; perform.

   to render a service.

3. to furnish; provide.

   to render aid.

   Synonyms:

   afford, contribute, supply, give

4. to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).

   Synonyms:

   demonstrate

5. to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.

6. to return; to make (a payment in money, kind, or service) as by a tenant to a superior.

   knights rendering military service to the lord.

7. to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).

8. to deliver formally or officially; hand down.

   to render a verdict.

9. to translate into another language.

   to render French poems into English.

10. to represent; depict, as in painting.

    to render a landscape.

11. to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.

12. to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.

13. Digital Technology.

    1. to use the processing power of computer hardware and software to synthesize (the components of an image or animation) in a final graphic output.

       I’m able to render the lighting in this scene much faster now, thanks to my new graphics card.

    2. to load (game assets) in a video game, displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., on screen in their complete intended form: The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.

       My laggy connection didn’t render the enemies until I was basically standing on top of them.

       The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.

14. to give in return or requital.

    to render good for evil.

15. to give back; restore (often followed byback ).

16. to send (a suspected criminal) abroad; subject to rendition.

17. to give up; surrender.

    Synonyms:

    yield, cede

18. Building Trades. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.

19. to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting.

    to render fat.

20. to process, as for industrial use.

    to render livestock carcasses.

---

verb (used without object)

• renders,
  present (3rd person singular)
• rendered,
  past participle,  past
• rendering
  present participle

1. to provide due reward.

2. to separate oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.

3. Digital Technology. (of assets in a video game) to load so they are visible to the player in their complete intended form.

   There is a long delay before the geometry renders when I change zones, so sometimes I find my character walking in place up against a wall when the world finally loads.

noun

1. Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.

render ² American  

[ren-der] / ˈrɛn dər /

noun

1. a person or thing that rends or tears something apart forcefully or violently.

---

render British  

/ ˈrɛndə /

verb

1. to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action

2. to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)

3. to show (obedience), as due or expected

4. to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital

   to render blow for blow

5. to cause to become

   grief had rendered him simple-minded

6. to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally

7. to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting

8. computing to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid

9. to translate (something) into another language or form

10. (sometimes foll by up) to yield or give

    the tomb rendered up its secret

11. (often foll by back) to return (something); give back

12. to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster

13. (often foll by down) to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting

14. nautical

    1. to reeve (a line)

    2. to slacken (a rope, etc)

15. history (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord

---

noun

1. a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface

2. history a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• renderer
  noun
• renderable
  adjective
• unrenderable
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• rendering
  present
• rendered
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• render
  simple
• renders
  simple
• have rendered
  perfect
• has rendered
  perfect
• am rendering
  progressive
• are rendering
  progressive
• is rendering
  progressive
• have been rendering
  perfect progressive
• has been rendering
  perfect progressive

Past

• rendered
  simple
• had rendered
  perfect
• was rendering
  progressive
• were rendering
  progressive
• had been rendering
  perfect progressive

Future

• will render
  simple
• will have rendered
  perfect
• will be rendering
  progressive
• will have been rendering
  perfect progressive

---

Etymology

Origin of render¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English rendren, from Middle French rendre, from unattested Vulgar Latin rendere, alteration (formed by analogy with prendere “to take”) of Latin reddere “to give back,” equivalent to red- prefix meaning “again” or “again and again” + -dere, combining form of dare “to give”; see red-

Origin of render²

First recorded in 1580–90; rend + -er ¹

---

Explanation

Render is a synonym of "make" — technically it means "cause to become." An illness might render you unable to walk, or a shocking sight might render you speechless. Another basic meaning of the verb render is to give, present, or perform something: you could render assistance to someone in need, for example. And a specialized sense is to formally declare a verdict in a court case. Render derives from the Latin verb reddere, "to restore," from the prefix re-, "back," plus dare, "to give."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

render renders rendered rendering

He didn’t render aid or call 911 but called Uber to seek a cleaning fee, according to the law firm’s release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

And they have an antenna in the van that shows them the location of the small first-person-view drones that render the frontline so deadly.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The endeavor, worth $1.4 billion, would render many acres of Albania’s coastline unrecognizable.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Robust quarterly earnings growth and a joint-venture deal with AI model maker Anthropic defied predictions of the “SaaSpocalypse,” the idea that versatile AI agents would render software-as-a-service companies such as Salesforce redundant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Otherwise even unsprayed crops may take up enough insecticide merely from the soil to render them unfitT for market.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Courtney Iseman renders a verdict on this particular type of seasonal creep.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

The lack of conflict that might have been created on a conventional news channel renders his impromptu network interminably boring.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Concept renders published by news outlets like MacRumors offer a preview of what the new phones might look like.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

Mr. Harris imaginatively renders the mindset of Agrippa, a figure whose interior life remains a mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It’s a tranquillity born of sheer immensity; it calms with its very magnitude, which renders the merely human of no consequence.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

This, in essence, is what makes this Premier League campaign one that might yet be rendered void.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Herman, a German transplant who has been in L.A. since 1977, is an artist whose vividly rendered paintings cemented him as one of the West Coast leaders of the ’80s neo-Expressionist movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“The facts provided by Jane Doe’s statement do not allege that she was either rendered incapable of controlling her own conduct or that any drug was administered to her without her consent.”

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Ukraine's food minister, Taras Vysotskyi, has said the wave of attacks has "seriously disrupted, even rendered inoperative" the supply chains used by major retailers, which are based on centralised logistics platforms.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

So surprised, in fact, that I was rendered, for a moment, speechless.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

A game's engine is a piece of software that packs everything needed to craft a playable experience - including graphics rendering, physics simulation and scripting - into one place for creators.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

With the temperature around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, an NGC2 smartphone issued to a Wall Street Journal reporter who attended the drills overheated, rendering it unusable until it cooled down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

He called for an open approach to AI development, warning it would be "fundamentally wrong" for such a crucial technology to be controlled by a few companies, rendering oversight more difficult.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He did so on various grounds, including that they had not examined Pike before rendering an opinion about whether her veins were too small to handle the required IV placement.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

A shimmering snail’s trail wrapped the enormous wolf, tying his legs, rendering him immobile.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---

Related Words

• carry out
• depict
• display
• do
• give
• interpret
• perform
• portray
• represent

---