submit

verb

suhb-MIT/səbˈmɪt/

Formssubmits, submitting, submitted

7 meanings of submit

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1
verbtransitive or intransitive
To hand in your work or ideas so someone can check or approve them.
Like handing in your homework to a teacher to be graded.
Please submit your application before Friday.
Students must submit their essays online by midnight.
Similarpresent, send, tender, file, lodge
Oppositewithdraw, retract
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2
verbintransitive
To stop fighting and do what someone else wants.
Like giving up in a game when you know you cannot win.
After hours of arguing, he finally submitted.
The rebels refused to submit to the new ruler.
Similaryield, surrender, capitulate, succumb, bow
Oppositeresist, defy, fight, rebel
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3
verbtransitive
To give something up to another person, often after losing.
Like handing over your toy when an older kid wins the argument.
The general submitted his sword to the victor.
They had to submit their weapons after the surrender.
Similarsurrender, yield, cede, relinquish
Oppositeretain, keep
4
verbtransitive
To put a person or thing through a process or treatment.
Like putting clothes through a washing machine to clean them.
Engineers submit every prototype to stress testing.
The lab submitted the metal to extreme heat.
Similarsubject, expose
Oppositeexempt, spare
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5
verbtransitive
To beat an opponent by forcing them to give up in a fight.
Like winning a wrestling match when the other person taps out.
She submitted her rival in the second round.
He can submit almost any opponent with that hold.
Similardefeat, finish, beat
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Less common meanings

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verbobsoletetransitive
To let something down or move it to a lower position.
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
1662, John Dryden, Poem to the Lord Chancellor HydeHere, submits itself means goes lower or slopes down.
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7
verbobsoletetransitive
To put or place something underneath another thing.
Like sliding a mat under a wobbly table leg.
She submitted a cushion under the old man's feet.
The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.
1611, George Chapman, Homer's IliadsHere, submitted means placed beneath, held down under the knife.
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Origin

From Latin submittere, meaning "to place under" or "yield." It comes from sub ("under") plus mitto ("to send").