RENDERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rendering mean? 

• RENDERING (noun)
  The noun RENDERING has 7 senses:

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

2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

3. the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

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

5. a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall

6. perspective drawing of an architect's design

7. giving in acknowledgment of obligation

  Familiarity information: RENDERING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENDERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rendering; rendition

Context example:

they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)

Derivation:

render (give an interpretation or rendition of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

interpretation; interpreting; rendering; rendition

Context example:

often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

explanation (thought that makes something comprehensible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendering"):

broad interpretation; judicial activism (an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

interpretation; rendering; rendition

Context example:

her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendering"):

reinterpretation (a new or different interpretation)

spin (a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion))

Derivation:

render (give an interpretation or rendition of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendering"):

mistranslation (an incorrect translation)

crib; pony; trot (a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly))

retroversion (translation back into the original language)

caption; subtitle (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)

supertitle; surtitle (translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Perspective drawing of an architect's design

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Giving in acknowledgment of obligation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)

Derivation:

render (bestow)

 Context examples 

Have we lost the power of rendering you happy?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Upon administration, certolizumab binds to TNF-alpha, preventing the interaction of this cytokine with endogenous cell surface receptors, thereby rendering TNF-alpha inactive and inhibiting TNF-mediated inflammatory responses.

(Certolizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Two columns were occupied with a highly sensational and flowery rendering of the whole incident.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lipoteichoic acids inhibit murein hydrolase activity and their absence from the cell wall triggers uncontrolled autolytic activity rendering bacterial cells susceptible to osmotic shock.

(Cefditoren Pivoxil, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, certolizumab binds to TNF-alpha and prevents the interaction of this cytokine with endogenous cell surface receptors, thereby rendering TNF-alpha inactive and inhibiting TNF-mediated inflammatory responses.

(Certolizumab Pegol, NCI Thesaurus)

The vc linkage system is highly stable in serum, rendering the cytotoxicity of glembatumumab vedotin specific for GPNMB-positive cells.

(Glembatumumab Vedotin, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of rendering something ineffective or inactive.

(Neutralization, NCI Thesaurus)

That, I suppose, was the difference of duties which struck you, as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The condition existing when an order or judgement is considered temporary until either a specified period of time has passed or specific information is provided to assist in rendering a permanent decision.

(Interlocutory Marital Status, NCI Thesaurus)

The asteroid's apparent magnitude at that time will be about 11.5, rendering it unobservable to the unaided eye.

(Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday, NASA)