Render Meaning
/ˈɹɛn.də/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo cause to become.
verbTo interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
Sentence Examples
Render good for evil.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist will ____ a beautiful landscape in watercolor for the gallery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The architect used software to ____ a three-dimensional model of the proposed building for the client.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] 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."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"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."
— 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
"we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus"
— 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34:
"Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue."
— 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
"The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy."
— 1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist will ____ a beautiful landscape in watercolor for the gallery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The architect used software to ____ a three-dimensional model of the proposed building for the client.