different between perform vs render

English

Etymology

From Middle English performen, parfournen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Frankish *frumjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan?, *framjan? (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“in front, forth”), *per- (“forward, out”). Cognate with Old High German frummen (“to do, execute, accomplish, provide”), Old Saxon frummian (“to perform, promote”), Old English fremman (“to perform, execute, carry out, accomplish”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (frumjan, “to promote, accomplish”). See also frame, from.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
• Rhymes: -??(?)m
• Hyphenation: per?form

Verb

perform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed)

1. (transitive) To do (something); to execute.
2. (intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

3. (law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
   1. (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).

   2. (intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
5. (by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
6. (social sciences) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
   1. (transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).

   2. (intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• perform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• perform in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• perform at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• preform

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n.d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???n.d?/
• Hyphenation: ren?der
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“to render, to make”), from Vulgar Latin *rend?, from Latin redd? (“return in profit”).

Alternative forms

• rendre (archaic)

Verb

render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)

1. (ditransitive) To cause to become.

2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

     we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus

3. (transitive) To translate into another language.

4. (transitive) To pass down.

5. (transitive) To make over as a return.

6. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.

7. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
8. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

9. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
10. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

11. (intransitive, cooking) To have fat drip off meat from cooking.

12. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.

13. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.

14. (nautical) To yield or give way.

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15. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
16. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
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      I will render vengeance to mine enemies.

Synonyms

• (cause to become): make
• (fat dripping): render off

Derived terms

• renderer, rendering
• render off
• render unto Caesar

Translations

Noun

render (countable and uncountable, plural renders)

1. (countable, uncountable) Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
2. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

3. (obsolete) A surrender.
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4. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.

   • In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.

5. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.

Translations

Etymology 2

rend +? -er

Noun

render (plural renders)

1. One who rends.

Translations

Anagrams

• Derner, rendre

Danish

Noun

render c

1. indefinite plural of rende

Verb

render

1. present of rende

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese render (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin redd?re, present active infinitive of redd?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ren?de?]

Verb

render (first-person singular present rendo, first-person singular preterite rendín, past participle rendido)

1. (intransitive) to yield; to last
2. (transitive) to subdue, defeat
3. (transitive) to tire, wear out
4. (transitive) to render, pay (respects, homage)
5. (reflexive) to surrender

Conjugation

Derived terms

• renda
• rendemento

References

• “render” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “render” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “render” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “render” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “render” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

render m or f

1. indefinite plural of rand (Etymology 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

render f

1. indefinite plural of rand (Etymology 1)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin redd?re, present active infinitive of redd?.

Verb

render (first-person singular present indicative rendo, past participle rendido)

1. to render
2. to yield
3. to dominate, command
4. to subject

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rendimento

Related terms

• rendição

Further reading

• “render” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin redd?re, present active infinitive of redd?.

Verb

render

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to return, give back
2. to vomit, throw up, puke, be sick

Synonyms

• (to return, give back):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) dar enavos, (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) dar anavos, (Puter) der inavous, (Vallader) dar inavo
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) restituir, (Surmiran) restitueir
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) returnar, (Puter) returner, (Vallader) retuornar