rendition

[ren-dish-uhn]

noun

1. the act of rendering.

   Synonyms: version, interpretation

2. a translation.

3. an interpretation, as of a role or a piece of music.

4. the legal procedure or process of sending a suspected criminal to another country to be interrogated or detained, usually for law-enforcement purposes.

5. Archaic.,  surrender.

rendition

/ rɛnˈdɪʃən /

noun

1. a performance of a musical composition, dramatic role, etc

2. a translation of a text

3. the act of rendering

4. archaic,  surrender

verb

1. (tr) to subject (a person) to extraordinary rendition

Other Word Forms

• nonrendition noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rendition¹

1595–1605; < Middle French, alteration of reddition (< Middle English reddicion ) < Late Latin redditiōn- (stem of redditiō ), equivalent to Latin reddit ( us ) (past participle of reddere; render ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of rendition¹

C17: from obsolete French, from Late Latin redditiō see _render

Example Sentences

Her rendition of Never Enough by Loren Allred, a song from The Greatest Showman, saw her take top prize.

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That sentiment was more clearly expanded on when the band closed out the Friday show with a truncated rendition of Bob Marley’s 1973 hit “Get Up, Stand Up.”

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Mr. Korshak’s passion for fantasy illustration was ignited by his father, who decorated the boy’s bedroom with a J. Allen St. John rendition of a scene from Burroughs’s Mars series.

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The climax instead of the street performance is a candlelit rendition of “Silent Night,” with audience participation.

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Pre-match, nobody in the ground could have said they weren't ready to run on that pitch and do the job themselves when one of Hampden's great renditions of Flower of Scotland followed a pyro show.

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Related Words

• depiction 
• interpretation 
• portrayal 
• presentation 
• rendering 
• transcription 
• translation 
• version