different between rendition vs portrayal
rendition
English
Etymology
From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?d??(?)n/
- Hyphenation: ren?di?tion
Noun
rendition (countable and uncountable, plural renditions)
- (now rare) The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.). [from 17th c.]
- (now rare) The handing over of a person or thing. [from 17th c.]
- Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work. [from 17th c.]
- (law, chiefly US) Formal deliverance of a verdict. [from 18th c.]
- (law, chiefly US) The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction; extradition. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 30 Mar 2011:
- Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials.
- 2011, Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 30 Mar 2011:
- An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, Paul Lester, The Guardian, 12 Apr 2011:
- The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts.
- 2011, Paul Lester, The Guardian, 12 Apr 2011:
- A given visual reproduction of something. [from 20th c.]
Hyponyms
- extraordinary rendition
Related terms
- render
Translations
See also
- extradition
Verb
rendition (third-person singular simple present renditions, present participle renditioning, simple past and past participle renditioned)
- (transitive) To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another.
- 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America,[1] Greenwood Publishing Group, ?ISBN, page 60,
- Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.
- 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America,[1] Greenwood Publishing Group, ?ISBN, page 60,
See also
- rendition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- nitrenoid
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portrayal
English
Etymology
portray +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p???t?e?.?l/
- Rhymes: -e??l
Noun
portrayal (plural portrayals)
- The act of portraying.
- The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
- 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
- He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
- 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
- For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
- 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
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