Rendition Meaning
/ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
nounA given visual reproduction of something.
Sentence Examples
The event opened with a stirring rendition of the national anthem.
Sami performed a beautiful rendition of a Michael Jackson song.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The singer's ____ of the song was unique and powerful at the concert.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The singer's ____ of the national anthem moved the crowd to silence before the match began.
Word Origin & History
From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts."
— 2011 April 12, Paul Lester, The Guardian:
"Yes. That is Rob Schneider performing an impromptu rendition of his famous character: the annoying guy who is wrong."
— 2017 June 25, “Vaccines”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
"Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials."
— 2011 March 30, Ian Cobain, The Guardian:
"Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later."
— 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The singer's ____ of the song was unique and powerful at the concert.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The singer's ____ of the national anthem moved the crowd to silence before the match began.