Meaning of "rendition" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RENDITION

From obsolete French, from Late Latin redditiō see render.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RENDITION

rɛnˈdɪʃən

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RENDITION

Rendition is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rendition in English.

WHAT DOES RENDITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rendition

Rendition may refer to: ▪ Rendition, a legal term meaning "handing over" ▪ Extraordinary rendition, the apprehension and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one nation to another ▪ "Rendition", an episode of Torchwood ▪ Rendition, a 2007 political art experiment in text adventure form ▪ Rendition, a 2007 film directed by Gavin Hood, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon ▪ Extraordinary Rendition, a 2007 film directed by Jim Threapleton, starring Omar Berdouni and Andy Serkis ▪ Rendition, a maker of 2D and 3D graphics chipsets for PCs ▪ Holomatix Rendition, a raytracing renderer ▪ Renditions, a Chinese-English translation magazine...

Definition of rendition in the English dictionary

The first definition of rendition in the dictionary is a performance of a musical composition, dramatic role, etc. Other definition of rendition is a translation of a text. Rendition is also the act of rendering.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RENDITION

PRESENT

Present

I rendition

you rendition

he/she/it renditions

we rendition

you rendition

they rendition

Present continuous

I am renditioning

you are renditioning

he/she/it is renditioning

we are renditioning

you are renditioning

they are renditioning

Present perfect

I have renditioned

you have renditioned

he/she/it has renditioned

we have renditioned

you have renditioned

they have renditioned

Present perfect continuous

I have been renditioning

you have been renditioning

he/she/it has been renditioning

we have been renditioning

you have been renditioning

they have been renditioning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I renditioned

you renditioned

he/she/it renditioned

we renditioned

you renditioned

they renditioned

Past continuous

I was renditioning

you were renditioning

he/she/it was renditioning

we were renditioning

you were renditioning

they were renditioning

Past perfect

I had renditioned

you had renditioned

he/she/it had renditioned

we had renditioned

you had renditioned

they had renditioned

Past perfect continuous

I had been renditioning

you had been renditioning

he/she/it had been renditioning

we had been renditioning

you had been renditioning

they had been renditioning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rendition

you will rendition

he/she/it will rendition

we will rendition

you will rendition

they will rendition

Future continuous

I will be renditioning

you will be renditioning

he/she/it will be renditioning

we will be renditioning

you will be renditioning

they will be renditioning

Future perfect

I will have renditioned

you will have renditioned

he/she/it will have renditioned

we will have renditioned

you will have renditioned

they will have renditioned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been renditioning

you will have been renditioning

he/she/it will have been renditioning

we will have been renditioning

you will have been renditioning

they will have been renditioning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rendition

you would rendition

he/she/it would rendition

we would rendition

you would rendition

they would rendition

Conditional continuous

I would be renditioning

you would be renditioning

he/she/it would be renditioning

we would be renditioning

you would be renditioning

they would be renditioning

Conditional perfect

I would have rendition

you would have rendition

he/she/it would have rendition

we would have rendition

you would have rendition

they would have rendition

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been renditioning

you would have been renditioning

he/she/it would have been renditioning

we would have been renditioning

you would have been renditioning

they would have been renditioning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rendition
we let´s rendition
you rendition

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rendition

Past participle

renditioned

Present Participle

renditioning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RENDITION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rendition» and belong to the same grammatical category.

arrangement · construction · delivery · depiction · execution · explanation · interpretation · performance · portrayal · presentation · reading · rendering · take · transcription · translation · version

TRANSLATION OF RENDITION

Find out the translation of rendition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rendition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rendition» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 演出
• Translator English - Spanish: interpretación
• English: rendition
• Translator English - Hindi: गायन
• Translator English - Arabic: التسليم
• Translator English - Russian: исполнение
• Translator English - Portuguese: versão
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রতিদান
• Translator English - French: interprétation
• Translator English - Malay: Rendition
• Translator English - German: Vortrag
• Translator English - Japanese: 演奏
• Translator English - Korean: 연주
• Translator English - Javanese: Rendition
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự phiên dịch
• Translator English - Tamil: விளக்கத்தில்
• Translator English - Marathi: भाषांतर
• Translator English - Turkish: sahneleme
• Translator English - Italian: interpretazione
• Translator English - Polish: wydania
• Translator English - Ukrainian: виконання
• Translator English - Romanian: extrădare
• Translator English - Greek: απόδοση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: weergawe
• Translator English - Swedish: överlämnanden
• Translator English - Norwegian: rendition

6 QUOTES WITH «RENDITION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rendition.

1

Deborah Cox

The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.

2

Ed Helms

My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.

3

Dev Hynes

I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section where all the weird fairies, who are played by kids in the production, sing. It's a crazy opening melody and chord sequence - really amazing.

4

Freddie Mercury

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

5

David Miliband

I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, it's perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.

6

Alan Sugar

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RENDITION»

Discover the use of rendition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rendition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Rendition

The purpose of the inquiry was to consider whether the UK intelligence and security Agencies had any knowledge or involvement in rendition operations and their policy for intelligence sharing with foreign liaison services in this context.

Great Britain: Intelligence and Security Committee, 2007

The Rendition

The Rendition take the reader to Kosovo as Alex Klear, a veteran intelligence officer, is nearly buried alive in a botched rendition.

Albert Ashforth, 2012

Rendition

Rendition is a compilation of original stories poetry and anecdotes.

John L. Bisol, 2005

Rendition

ROGUE GENESIS is a collection of two short stories (INCURSION and RENDITION) and one novella (THE ESCAPE ARTIST) introducing Robin Monarch - CIA agent, expert thief, and star of the explosive international thriller ROGUE.

Mark Sullivan, 2012

Rendition to Torture

In Rendition to Torture, Alan W. Clarke explains how the United States adopted torture as a matter of official policy; how and why it turned to extraordinary rendition as a way to outsource more extreme, mutilating forms of torture; and ...

Alan Clarke, 2012

Rendition II

The second of two collections of short stories and humorous outtakes on life. Sometimes sad, sometimes scary, but always readable and entertaining. Nothing to interpret and no "secret" messages, jut good reading!

John Bisol, 2006

The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellmaria: A ...

Vincent Dellamaria grew up in Queens New York, the son of Sicilian immigrants.

Jack Walker, 2011

Extraordinary Rendition

On the streets of a democratic Russia, espionage, civil war and Mafiya control dominate a new kind of battlefield.

Don Pendleton, 2010

Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights

This is an investigative journalism in the mould of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. This is an incredible story of shadowy CIA kidnappings followed by imprisonment and torture.

Trevor Paglen, A. C. Thompson, 2007

Architect's Rendition

Gerald Pfalzgraf is the founder of an exclusive NY architecture firm.

Herb Schultz, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RENDITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rendition is used in the context of the following news items.

CIA agents tried to stop arrest and torture of Canadian Maher Arar …

ARLINGTON, Va. — A former spy has described the debate within the CIA over the arrest, rendition and torture of Canadian Maher Arar, saying multiple ... «National Post, Apr 15»

Torture, CIA Rendition Flights. “Interrogations took place” on Diego …

While the UK conceded that there had been two CIA rendition flights, each ... about the CIA's rendition programme, in which detainees were flown around the ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jan 15»

Chris Botti Brings NFL Players To Tears With Trumpet Rendition Of …

While Chris Botti's rendition of the National Anthem was entirely beautiful and moving, the tears of Wayne were not nearly as funny as those of Moreno. «The Inquisitr, Nov 14»

UK government can be sued over rendition claims, judges rule

Abdul Hakim Belhaj alleges that former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and MI6 were complicit in arranging his and his wife's rendition from China in 2004. «BBC News, Oct 14»

Madison Rising Treated Daytona To Possibly The Worst National …

The band delivered an unwieldy, awkward rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday that would likely have been ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»

UK 'was inappropriately involved in rendition'

There is evidence Britain was inappropriately involved in the rendition and ill-treatment of terror suspects, an inquiry has revealed. Retired judge Sir Peter ... «BBC News, Dec 13»

Former CIA agent wanted in Italy 'rendition' case detained in Panama

A former CIA official wanted by the Italian government in connection with the agency's 2003 “rendition” abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan has been ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 13»

Italy pardons US Air Force officer in rendition case

The trial was the first in the world to deal with a practice that human rights groups call "extraordinary rendition." They say the United States has often transferred ... «CNN, Apr 13»

Libyan 'rendition victim' Abdul Hakim Belhaj offers to settle UK …

A Libyan revolutionary commander turned politician who is suing the British government for their alleged involvement in his extraordinary rendition to one of ... «The Independent, Mar 13»

Extraordinary Rendition Report Finds More Than 50 Nations …

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. counterterrorism practice known as extraordinary rendition, in which suspects were quietly moved to secret prisons abroad and often ... «Huffington Post, Feb 13»