rendition

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

Definition of rendition

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
    “Near-synonym: rendering”
    “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.”
    “Yes. That is Rob Schneider performing an impromptu rendition of his famous character: the annoying guy who is wrong.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
    “Near-synonym: rendering”
    “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.”
    “Yes. That is Rob Schneider performing an impromptu rendition of his famous character: the annoying guy who is wrong.”
  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.”
  6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).
  7. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The handing over of a person or thing.

verb

  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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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