# submit

Pronunciation: say "suhb-MIT" /səbˈmɪt/

## Verb

1. To put something forward formally so that another person can approve, consider, or evaluate it.
   - Simple: To hand in your work or ideas so someone can check or approve them.
   - _She submitted her thesis to the committee for review._
   - _Researchers submit their findings to journals for peer review._
2. To yield or give way to the will or authority of another.
   - Simple: To stop fighting and do what someone else wants.
   - _The defeated army submitted to the conquering forces._
   - _He would never submit to threats of any kind._
3. To yield or hand over something to another, especially after being defeated.
   - Simple: To give something up to another person, often after losing.
   - _The losing side submitted its territory to the empire._
   - _The knight chose to submit his lands rather than continue the war._
4. To cause a person or thing to undergo a particular process, treatment, or examination.
   - Simple: To put a person or thing through a process or treatment.
   - _The researchers submitted the samples to a battery of chemical analyses._
   - _Authorities submit all incoming cargo to thorough screening._
5. To defeat an opponent by forcing them to concede, typically through a hold or lock.
   - Simple: To beat an opponent by forcing them to give up in a fight.
   - _The grappler submitted his challenger with a rear naked choke._
   - _Few fighters can submit a wrestler of that caliber._

## Verb

6. To let down or lower something from a higher position to a lower one. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To let something down or move it to a lower position.
7. To place something under or beneath another object so that it lies below. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To put or place something underneath another thing.
   - _They submitted timbers under the sinking foundation to brace it._
   - _Submit a wedge under the door to hold it open._

## Origin

From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, the infinitive of submittō ("place under, yield"), formed from sub ("under, from below") plus mitto ("to send").

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