Render

/ˈɹɛn.də/ · verb

Meaning

(ditransitive) To cause to become..

Definitions by Sense

1. (ditransitive) To cause to become.
2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
3. (transitive) To translate into another language.
4. (transitive) To pass down.
5. (transitive) To make over as a return.
6. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
7. (transitive, dated) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
8. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

Example Sentences

The shot rendered her immobile.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable.

The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.

we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus

to render Latin into English

render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)

They had to render the estate.

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Word Forms

• renders
• rendering
• rendered
• rendre

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