word-vault/dist/data/cards/re/render.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "render",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "render",
            "heSheIt": "renders"
        },
        "pastSimple": "rendered",
        "pastParticiple": "rendered",
        "ingForm": "rendering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to cause somebody/something to be in a particular state or condition",
            "sensetop": "render somebody/something + adj.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to render something harmless/useless/ineffective"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of people were rendered homeless by the earthquake."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "make"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to give somebody something, especially in return for something or because it is expected",
            "sensetop": "render something to somebody/somethingrender somebody somethingrender something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.",
                    "contextForm": "render something to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to render a service to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to render somebody a service",
                    "contextForm": "render somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was payment **for services rendered**.",
                    "contextForm": "render something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to present something, especially when it is done officially",
            "sensetop": "render something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The committee was asked to render a report on the housing situation."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "furnish"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to express or perform something",
            "sensetop": "render something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He stood up and rendered a beautiful version of ‘Summertime’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The artist has rendered the stormy sea in dark greens and browns."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to express something in a different language",
            "sensetop": "render something (as something)render something (into something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Italian phrase can be rendered as ‘I did my best’.",
                    "contextForm": "render something (as something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a concept that is difficult to render into English.",
                    "contextForm": "render something (into something)"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "translate"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to cover a wall with a layer of plaster or cement",
            "sensetop": "render something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to make fat liquid by heating it; to melt something",
            "sensetop": "render something (down)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendə(r)/",
                "audio": "re/render/render__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendəz/",
                "audio": "re/render/renders__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendəd/",
                "audio": "re/render/rendered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/render/rendering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendər/",
                "audio": "re/render/render__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendərz/",
                "audio": "re/render/renders__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendərd/",
                "audio": "re/render/rendered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrendərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/render/rendering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French rendre, from an alteration of Latin reddere ‘give back’, from re- ‘back’ + dare ‘give’. The earliest senses were ‘recite’, ‘translate’, and ‘give back’ (hence ‘represent’ and ‘perform’); ‘hand over’ (hence ‘give help’ and ‘submit for consideration’); ‘cause to be’; and ‘melt down’."
}