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Rendering and Answer

noun

  • A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc..
    • usage: "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert"
  • An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious.
    • usage: "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"
  • The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance.
    • usage: "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving"
  • A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
  • A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall.
  • Perspective drawing of an architect's design.
  • Giving in acknowledgment of obligation.

verb

  • Cause to become.
    • usage: "The shot rendered her immobile"
  • Give something useful or necessary to.
    • usage: "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
  • Give an interpretation or rendition of.
    • usage: "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
  • Give or supply.
    • usage: "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1, 000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
  • Pass down.
    • usage: "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
  • Make over as a return.
    • usage: "They had to render the estate"
  • Give back.
    • usage: "render money"
  • To surrender someone or something to another.
    • usage: "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
  • Show in, or as in, a picture.
    • usage: "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
  • Coat with plastic or cement.
    • usage: "render the brick walls in the den"
  • Bestow.
    • usage: "give homage"; "render thanks"
  • Restate (words) from one language into another language.
    • usage: "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U. S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U. N."
  • Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.
    • usage: "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"

noun

  • A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.
    • usage: "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
  • A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
    • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • The speech act of replying to a question.
  • The principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims.
  • A nonverbal reaction.
    • usage: "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

verb

  • React verbally.
    • usage: "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
  • Respond to a signal.
    • usage: "answer the door"; "answer the telephone"
  • Give the correct answer or solution to.
    • usage: "answer a question"; "answer the riddle"
  • Understand the meaning of.
    • usage: "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
  • Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument. )
    • usage: "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
  • Be liable or accountable.
    • usage: "She must answer for her actions"
  • Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.
    • usage: "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"
  • Match or correspond.
    • usage: "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
  • Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of.
    • usage: "This may answer her needs"
  • React to a stimulus or command.
    • usage: "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"