Rendition Definition

rĕn-dĭshən
renditions
noun
renditions
A rendering or result of rendering.
Webster's New World
An interpretation or performance of a musical score or a dramatic piece.
American Heritage
A translation from one language to another.
American Heritage
The surrender of a person, place, or possession, as to an authority or a victorious force.
American Heritage
The transfer of a prisoner or suspect from one country to another, often to avoid legal restrictions on interrogation or prosecution.
American Heritage
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verb

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

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Other Word Forms of Rendition

Noun

Singular:
rendition
Plural:
renditions

Origin of Rendition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Obsolete French from Old French rendre to give back render

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rendition Sentence Examples

  • These are perfectly proficient musicians doing a perfectly proficient rendition of an average pub rock band.

  • Parker assisted actively in the escape of fugitive slaves, and for trying to prevent the rendition of perhaps the most famous of them, Anthony Burns, was indicted, but the indictment was quashed.

  • The street kids followed with a rendition of ' Joy to the World ' .

  • I had them all laughing when I sang my own rendition of the Gilligan's Island theme, substituting names when appropriate.

  • Grimm is a singer with a penchant for southern soul, and it was his rendition of Percy Sledge's When a Man Loves a Woman that netted him the top spot.

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Words Starting With

RREREN

Words Ending With

NONION

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