render
verb /ˈrendə(r)/
/ˈrendər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they render | /ˈrendə(r)/ /ˈrendər/ |
| he / she / it renders | /ˈrendəz/ /ˈrendərz/ |
| past simple rendered | /ˈrendəd/ /ˈrendərd/ |
| past participle rendered | /ˈrendəd/ /ˈrendərd/ |
| -ing form rendering | /ˈrendərɪŋ/ /ˈrendərɪŋ/ |
- render somebody/something + adj. (formal) to cause somebody/something to be in a particular state or condition synonym make
- to render something harmless/useless/ineffective
- Hundreds of people were rendered homeless by the earthquake.
- (formal) to give somebody something, especially in return for something or because it is expected
- render something to somebody/something They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.
- to render a service to somebody
- render somebody something to render somebody a service
- render something It was payment for services rendered.
- render something (formal) to present something, especially when it is done officially synonym furnish
- The committee was asked to render a report on the housing situation.
- render something (formal) to express or perform something
- He stood up and rendered a beautiful version of ‘Summertime’.
- The artist has rendered the stormy sea in dark greens and browns.
- to express something in a different language synonym translate
- render something (as something) The Italian phrase can be rendered as ‘I did my best’.
- render something (into something) It's a concept that is difficult to render into English.
- render something (specialist) to cover a wall with a layer of plaster or cementTopics Buildingsc2
- render something (down) to make fat liquid by heating it; to melt something
cause somebody/something to be something
give help
present something
express/perform
translate
wall
melt
Word Originlate 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’.