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rendering

noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛndəɹɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 N D ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process by which something is rendered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Version; translation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Sketch, illustration, or painting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of render

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rendition, interpretation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: performance

Narrower terms: reinterpretation, spin

7

noun

Meaning 7

giving in acknowledgment of obligation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment

8

noun

Meaning 8

perspective drawing of an architect's design

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drawing

9

noun

Meaning 9

a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coating, coat

10

noun

Meaning 10

an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the edict was subject to many interpretations
  • he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables
  • often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: explanation

Narrower terms: broad interpretation, judicial activism

11

noun

Meaning 11

a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: translation, interlingual rendition, version

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: written record, written account

Narrower terms: mistranslation, pony, trot, crib, retroversion, subtitle, caption, supertitle, surtitle

12

noun

Meaning 12

a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rendition

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: performance, public presentation

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: käännös — version, translation
  • Finnish: käännösversio — version, translation
  • Galician: versión — version, translation
  • Finnish: kuva — sketch, illustration, painting
  • Finnish: renderointi — process of producing an image from an internal model
  • Māori: tāhuahua — process of producing an image from an internal model
  • Polish: renderowanie — process of producing an image from an internal model
  • Spanish: renderización — process of producing an image from an internal model
  • Spanish: renderizado — process of producing an image from an internal model
  • Swedish: rendering — process of producing an image from an internal model
  • Esperanto: bildigo — present participle of render
  • Polish: renderujący — present participle of render
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