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rendition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
   • Near-synonym: rendering
   • 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:
   • 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:
2. (countable, uncountable) A given visual reproduction of something.
3. (countable, uncountable) Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
4. (US, countable, uncountable) Formal deliverance of a verdict.
5. (US, countable, uncountable) The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction.
   • 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:
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The handing over of a person or thing.

Forms

Coordinates

interpretation · sentencing · capitulation

Deriveds

loan rendition · nonrendition

Relateds

render · extraordinary rendition

Synonyms

extradition · rendering · rendering · interpretation

Translations (23)

de Vortrag (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · fr interprétation (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · es rendición (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · ru трактовка (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · ru толкование (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · hu interpretáció (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · hu tolmácsolás (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · nb gjengivelse (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · hi प्रतिपादन (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · pl interpretacja (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · de Wiedergabe (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · bg интерпретация (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · fi tulkinta (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · de Aufführung (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · nl vertolking (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · nl uitvoering (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · de Interpretation (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · hu interpretálás (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · nl weergave (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · es interpretación (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · ru изложение (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · fi esitys (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work) · hu előadás (an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work)

rendition en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another.
   • 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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