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- pronunciation:
- ren
d
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
renders, rendering, rendered |
| definition 1: |
to present for payment or consideration.
Your payment is overdue: Please render the amount due within ten days.Would anyone else like to render their opinion on this matter?- synonyms:
- offer, present, proffer, submit, tender
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| definition 2: |
to cause to become; make.
He tried to escape, but his broken leg rendered him helpless.[verb + smby/smth + noun/adj
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The accident rendered her a quadriplegic.[verb + smby/smth + noun/adj
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Beating the cream longer will render it butter.[verb + smby/smth + noun/adj
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| definition 3: |
to give or offer, especially in order to help or assist.
The Red Cross rendered aid to the needy during the emergency.- synonyms:
- furnish, give, provide
- similar words:
- accord, afford, bestow, grant, supply
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| definition 4: |
to officially and formally pronounce.
They waited anxiously for the judge to render his verdict.A verdict of not guilty was rendered by the jury after weeks of deliberation.- synonyms:
- deliver, pronounce
- similar words:
- declare, proclaim, return
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| definition 5: |
to express in a foreign language; translate.
In English, the Japanese expression "sumimasen" is sometimes rendered "Thank you" and sometimes "I'm sorry."- synonyms:
- construe, interpret, transcribe, translate
- similar words:
- decipher, transliterate
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| definition 6: |
to represent or interpret, as in a work of art; depict.
This portrait renders my mother's character very truly, I believe.- synonyms:
- depict, do, represent
- similar words:
- interpret, portray
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| definition 7: |
to melt (fat).
The fat rendered from the bacon was used in other cooking.- similar words:
- liquefy, melt
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| related words: |
dissolve, give, perform, say, serve, spin, translate |
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| derivation: |
renderer (n.) |
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