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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

Etymology

Origin of rendering

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

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."

Example Sentences

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rendering renderings

The effect would have been the opposite in prior years, rendering two successive decreases in citywide homelessness marginally less impressive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

At just 20 years old, Nomark offers his 500,000 Instagram followers a how-to guide for rendering the cameras useless, raising awareness about the devices.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

I scroll through the portraits he’d emailed me: two women laughing, a family smiling, and my personal favorite, a pop-artish rendering of Gigi Hadid.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Using computed tomography and cinematic 3D rendering, the team created a detailed digital reconstruction of the specimen.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

Ultimately, though, the match wouldn’t be rendering a judgment on which player’s style was the best.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Residents of the tiny coastal village of Zvernec were shocked two years ago when Kushner posted renderings of a planned resort on a spit of land where their parents and grandparents once raised potatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Gehry Partners, the architecture firm established by the late Frank Gehry in 2001, released renderings of its redesign, which includes a curving glass canopy above a staircase leading to the Lower Tram entrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

We saw the bulldozers tear down the East Wing of the White House, the many renderings of what the new structure is going to look like.

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

Drawings and computer-generated renderings show a large, winged Lady Liberty flanked by two eagles -- all gilded -- atop a towering white arch.

From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026

We have been spoiled by artists’ renderings into imagining a clarity of resolution that doesn’t exist in actual astronomy.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Related Words

• reading
• rendition
• translation