rendering

[ ren-der-ing ]

/ ˈrɛn dər ɪŋ /

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noun

an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition: her rendering of the part of Hedda.

a translation: Chapman's rendering of Homer.

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

Building Trades. render¹(def 23).

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Origin of rendering

1400–50; late Middle English (gerund); see render¹, -ing¹

render

[ ren-der ]

/ ˈrɛn dər /

verb (used with object)

to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.

to do; perform: to render a service.

to furnish; provide: to render aid.

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

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

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.

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

to deliver formally or officially; hand down: to render a verdict.

to translate into another language: to render French poems into English.

to represent; depict, as in painting: to render a landscape.

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

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

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

to give in return or requital: to render good for evil.

to give back; restore (often followed by back).

to send (a suspected criminal) abroad; subject to rendition(def 4).

to give up; surrender.

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

to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting: to render fat.

to process, as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses.

verb (used without object)

to provide due reward.

to try out oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.

noun

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

Origin of render

1275–1325; Middle English rendren < Middle French rendre < Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration (formed by analogy with prendere to take) of Latin reddere ‘to give back’, equivalent to red- red- + -dere, combining form of dare ‘to give’

SYNONYMS FOR render

3. give, supply, contribute, afford. 4. demonstrate. 17. cede, yield.

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Related forms

ren·der·a·ble, adjectiveren·der·er, nounun·ren·der·a·ble, adjectiveun·ren·dered, adjective

well-ren·dered, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for rendering

rendering

/ (ˈrɛndərɪŋ) /

noun

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

a translation of a text from a foreign language

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

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

render

/ (ˈrɛndə) /

verb (tr)

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

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

to show (obedience), as due or expected

to give or exchange, as by way of return or requitalto render blow for blow

to cause to becomegrief had rendered him simple-minded

to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally

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

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

to translate (something) into another language or form

(sometimes foll by up) to yield or givethe tomb rendered up its secret

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

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

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

nautical

to reeve (a line)
to slacken (a rope, etc)

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

noun

a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface

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

Derived Formsrenderable, adjectiverenderer, noun

Word Origin for render

C14: from Old French rendre, from Latin reddere to give back (influenced by Latin prendere to grasp), from re- + dare to give

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Word Origin and History for rendering

rendering

mid-15c., "action of restoring," verbal noun from render (v.). Meaning "a translation" is from 1640s; that of "extracting or melting of fat" is from 1792. Visual arts sense of "reproduction, representation" is from 1862.

render

late 14c., "repeat, say again," from Old French rendre "give back, present, yield" (10c.), from Vulgar Latin *rendere (formed by dissimilation or on analogy of its antonym, prendre "to take"), from Latin reddere "give back, return, restore," from red- "back" (see re-) + comb. form of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)).

Meaning "hand over, deliver" is recorded from late 14c.; "to return" (thanks, a verdict, etc.) is attested from late 15c.; meaning "represent, depict" is first attested 1590s. Irregular retention of -er in a French verb in English is perhaps to avoid confusion with native rend (v.) or by influence of a Middle English legalese noun render "a payment of rent," from French noun use of the infinitive. Related: Rendered; rendering.

render

1580s, agent noun from rend (v.).

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