verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make/render/leave sb sterile
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Radiotherapy has left her permanently sterile.
render sth impossible formal (= make something impossible )
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The large number of prison guards rendered any escape impossible.
render sth useless
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She has a debilitating condition which renders her legs virtually useless.
rendered...incapable
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The stroke rendered her incapable of speech.
render...obsolete (= make )
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Will computers render books obsolete ?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
thereby
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After killing it, Siegfried bathed in its blood, thereby rendering himself invulnerable.
■ NOUN
decision
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This, the court said, was an irrelevant consideration which rendered his decision unlawful.
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Mistakes which they make about factors which determine the limits of their jurisdiction render their decisions void.
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At one end there were serious procedural defects which would render any decision a nullity.
opinion
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Get some stuff from the services, the bulletin boards, render an opinion , put something on the Internet.
service
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W did not specify any service to be rendered by A and A did not know what was in W's mind.
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Reagan clung to the belief that he was not paying ransom but merely rewarding an intermediary for services rendered .
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As for the notion of a local tax as a payment for services rendered , it isn't.
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We improved the ways the center kept track of its payroll and the services it rendered .
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Blemishes like these upon the work of the profession obscure but do not efface the public services it renders .
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It is still powerfully reinforced by the service it renders to economic security.
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The negotiations were continuing, and fees for services the accountants were rendering were still being incurred.
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Cross-frontier trade in some service sectors was basically rendered impossible by different national rules and regulations.
verdict
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The world has already rendered its verdict .
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The predominantly white jury, which ultimately rendered the verdict , was composed of six men and six women.
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Unlike the criminal trial, the jury did not have to render a unanimous verdict , although it did.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
for services rendered
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As for the notion of a local tax as a payment for services rendered, it isn't.
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But their kids weren't expected to work for their love, it wasn't seen as a return for services rendered.
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Cross-boundary flow adjustments to allocations will be replaced by direct billing for services rendered.
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He had expected some final pay-off, a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered.
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His full emoluments for services rendered to the three companies are paid by S1.
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Reagan clung to the belief that he was not paying ransom but merely rewarding an intermediary for services rendered.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Both runways have been rendered useless by enemy bombings.
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Digital technology could render today's televisions useless.
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Galan rendered his drawing of a new commercial center in less than a week.
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In beautifully rendered prose, she relates her daily struggles.
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Maestas' sculptures were rendered in bronze.
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Suddenly Packer struck a blow that rendered his victim unconscious.
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The angry exchange rendered future compromise impossible.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But when his isolation rendered him vulnerable, he turned to Louis for assistance.
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By association, then, sculptural adornment so popular under art nouveau was rendered obsolete.
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Such knowledge has rendered meaningless the notion that every conjugal act should be open to the transfer of life.
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The negotiations were continuing, and fees for services the accountants were rendering were still being incurred.
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The predominantly white jury, which ultimately rendered the verdict, was composed of six men and six women.
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The unpredictable, sporadic nature of storms on an open coast presumably render exposed shores unstable in this respect.