rendering
Other forms: renderings
Anything that's been interpreted in an artistic form is a rendering — a song, a drawing, a theatrical performance.
On a more technical note, an architect's drawing or plan is known as a rendering. While we're still architect-related, the coat of stucco placed over the surface of a masonry wall can be a rendering as well. Rendering can also represent the giving of something, as in Gandhi's famous quote, that "We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party." Don't associate rendering with the verb rend — which means quite the opposite — "to break apart or destroy."
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a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.synonyms: rendition
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the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performancesynonyms: interpretation, renditiontypes:reinterpretationa new or different interpretationspina distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)type of:performancethe act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
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an explanation of something that is not immediately obvioussynonyms: interpretation, interpreting, renditiontypes:broad interpretation, judicial activisman interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)type of:explanationthought that makes something comprehensible
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perspective drawing of an architect's designtype of:drawinga representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
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a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first languagesynonyms: interlingual rendition, translation, versiontypes:mistranslationan incorrect translationretroversiontranslation back into the original languagecaption, subtitletranslation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screensupertitle, surtitletranslation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stagetype of:
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a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
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giving in acknowledgment of obligation
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The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, is 800 years old on June 15, 2015. The Magna Carta settled the rebellion of some barons against the king. Although some of the language is still obscure, the document is widely credited as being the first statement of individual rights under kingly rule. Among other things, it put a limit on payments that could be made to a king and ensured swift justice, guaranteed by a board of peers, in this case 25 barons. Here are 35 words from the English translation of the original Latin of this document that is the forerunner of democratic expressions like the Declaration of Independence.
In this science fiction classic, a time traveler journeys to a future world in which humans have evolved into two groups: the docile Eloi and the fierce Morlocks. Read the full text here.
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