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rendition

noun
/ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from rendition

Definitions

  1. An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical…

    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. A given visual reproduction of something.

  3. Translation between languages, or between forms of a language

    Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Formal deliverance of a verdict.

    2. 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.

    3. The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).

    4. The handing over of a person or thing.

    5. To surrender or hand over (a person or thing)

      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.

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Derived

loan rendition, nonrendition

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rendition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at rendition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at rendition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA