as in portrait
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
a poet's rendering of the euphoria experienced by lovers in the first blush of romance
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1
as in relinquishing
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession
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2
as in reproducing
to make an exact likeness of
rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items
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3
as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words
the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words
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Recent Examples of rendering
PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
An artist rendering shows Kettner Exchange will have a large round bar with seating around it.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Speaking of iconic city streets, creative director Emily Smith chose a playful rendering of Lafayette 148’s namesake location as the brand gears up for its 30th anniversary.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Advances in computer animation and rendering are huge.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Bypassing conventional liveness tests, deepfakes can appear as real persons during live calls thanks to real-time rendering techniques.
—Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The new look is inspired by the castle's original design, and Imagineers have posted a rendering to the Walt Disney Imagineering Instagram page.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The scanner creates a rendering of the scene on the ground, the drone captures the larger map from above, and high-tech GPS systems tie it all to specific locations.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
According to a recent rendering, Texas A&M’s Fort Worth campus could end up with as many as five buildings.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
But the speed came from all three levels of Green Bay’s defense, rendering Washington’s offense almost inoperative.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Rather than rendering aid or notifying emergency personnel, Sellers told co-workers that a ‘woman fell in the parking lot’ and needed help.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
But Tennessee Williams didn’t say anything about remembrance of things past necessarily rendering people into cardboard and circumstance into stereotype.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The current slowdown in production has hit PAs particularly hard, rendering job opportunities scarcer and more competitive.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Once operational at scale, quantum computers will be capable of rendering today’s encryption standards obsolete.
—John Prisco, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The temperature has to be so low that atoms emit no infrared radiation, rendering traditional thermal imaging ineffective.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
The gamble backfired, with the LDP losing seats in parliament and rendering it unable to form a majority government even with its coalition partners.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
Safari uses a custom web rendering engine called WebKit, which, like Chrome's Blink engine, is an open-source project.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
An artist rendering shows Kettner Exchange will have a large round bar with seating around it.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Speaking of iconic city streets, creative director Emily Smith chose a playful rendering of Lafayette 148’s namesake location as the brand gears up for its 30th anniversary.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Advances in computer animation and rendering are huge.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Bypassing conventional liveness tests, deepfakes can appear as real persons during live calls thanks to real-time rendering techniques.
—Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The new look is inspired by the castle's original design, and Imagineers have posted a rendering to the Walt Disney Imagineering Instagram page.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The scanner creates a rendering of the scene on the ground, the drone captures the larger map from above, and high-tech GPS systems tie it all to specific locations.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
According to a recent rendering, Texas A&M’s Fort Worth campus could end up with as many as five buildings.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
This is less computationally intensive than actually rendering all three of those frames; it can be combined with MetalFX's existing temporal upscaling, boosting performance even further.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
But the speed came from all three levels of Green Bay’s defense, rendering Washington’s offense almost inoperative.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Rather than rendering aid or notifying emergency personnel, Sellers told co-workers that a ‘woman fell in the parking lot’ and needed help.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
But Tennessee Williams didn’t say anything about remembrance of things past necessarily rendering people into cardboard and circumstance into stereotype.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The current slowdown in production has hit PAs particularly hard, rendering job opportunities scarcer and more competitive.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Once operational at scale, quantum computers will be capable of rendering today’s encryption standards obsolete.
—John Prisco, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The temperature has to be so low that atoms emit no infrared radiation, rendering traditional thermal imaging ineffective.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
The gamble backfired, with the LDP losing seats in parliament and rendering it unable to form a majority government even with its coalition partners.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rendering
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Both his African heritage and his new exploration of the verisimilitudes and vagaries of New York City life paint the ongoing development of The Watchman, sometimes featured as the key figure as in the monumental portrait, AH!—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Toward the end of the colonial period, portrait photography records yet another cultural shift.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The cost of obtaining them will very quickly amount to billions of dollars, which could force Musk to pay by relinquishing shares.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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His mother would soon pass, and Agee hadn’t had the opportunity to find a new place to live after relinquishing his apartment pre-Suicide Squad.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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By reproducing the tachocline, scientists now have a foundation for more reliable forecasts of solar activity.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Preliminary data seemed to show that the Iberian harvester ants, or Messor ibericus, were creating hybrid worker ants by reproducing with another species of harvester ant called Messor structor in the Mediterranean region.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Soliman fled to the United States in 2014 on a visitor visa and later filed a petition for asylum, describing how security forces over the years had locked him up on false charges and tortured him with electrical shocks.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The aging brick walls, high arched wooden ceiling and original decorative elements of the Renaissance-era building provided quite a contrast with speakers who were describing the latest in present and future technologies.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The description of Sofi’s experience in the H-2A program is detailed in police records, court documents and testimony in federal court.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Incident description Lightning Fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Georgia has emerged as one of the nation’s most pivotal battlegrounds, flipping to President Joe Biden in 2020 and back to Trump in 2024, and delivering Democrats two Senate seats, even as Republicans have held the governor’s mansion for over two decades.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Roku 55-inch Pro Series TV keeps things simple while still delivering a cinematic punch and $300 discount.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Third-party imitation involves observing interactions between two individuals then faithfully copying those interactions.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The trailer shows the player character to be a simple Ditto, the amorphous blob Pokémon capable of copying others’ appearance, taking on the eerie form of a human girl before making its way into the world.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even the wraparound mural in the hotel’s lobby nods to Ojai’s past, depicting figures such as Edward Libbey, the developer of the town’s downtown area, ceramicist Beatrice Wood and spiritual figure Jiddu Krishnamurti.—
Degen Pener,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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An immersive installation, the window display was unveiled with live models dressed in key items from the Moncler Genius collection with Enninful walking and interacting with the video panels depicting the mountain environment.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Rendering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rendering. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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