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.

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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.

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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

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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

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render renders rendered rendering

In Hamilton’s great state paper of 1790, “Report on Public Credit,” he allows that the proper funding of the nation’s Revolutionary War debt would indeed render those bonds a “national blessing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Four minutes later, Cameron Hanekom scooped up scrappy ball to put the result beyond doubt and render replacement Beauden Barrett's late try only a footnote.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has yet to render a final decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I’m glad to hear that,” said Nero, with the smile that had been known to render parlors full of ladies mute and dazed.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

It is these same industrial-scale development projects that have been largely responsible for draining the area's peat swamps, which renders them significantly more fire-prone, Prof Page says.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Sometimes a talent comes along that renders old paradigms obsolete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Nondescript grey stone renders it indistinguishable from the surrounding buildings save for a tarnished sign hanging by the door.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

The final indignity: belly fat that rendered my favorite jeans unzippable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

All of these would have rendered him harmless, except that he also had staring blue eyes, eyes that could read everything that was going on underneath my forehead.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

This Hamilton “regards as the true secret for rendering public credit immortal.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

"There is a way to work alongside AI and to use it as a tool that benefits us rather than rendering us obsolete," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

It showed an artist’s colorful rendering of the new ROC, with huge shopping complexes, smiling people in sunglasses toting oversize shopping bags, a Corporation oil rig shining from the blue water in the background.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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