submission

[ suhb-mish-uhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of submitting, or yielding control to a more powerful or authoritative entity: Unable to escape a grappling hold, the wrestler had to signal his submission.

   The occupying troops demanded complete submission from the remaining civilians.

   Unable to escape a grappling hold, the wrestler had to signal his submission.

2. the act or condition of submitting something for consideration, approval, treatment, or action: The submission of seeds to moderate radiation produced dwarf plants with stem mutations.

   The submission of your thesis paper is expected in the final semester of study.

   The submission of seeds to moderate radiation produced dwarf plants with stem mutations.

3. something that is submitted: The committee will review your submission and critique your portfolio.

   Do not post any submissions to the comments section that violate the terms of service for this site.

   The committee will review your submission and critique your portfolio.

4. Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.

submission

/ səbˈmɪʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of submitting
2. something submitted; a proposal, argument, etc
3. the quality or condition of being submissive to another
4. the act of referring a document, etc, for the consideration of someone else
5. law
   1. an agreement by the parties to a dispute to refer the matter to arbitration
   2. the instrument referring a disputed matter to arbitration
6. See fall
   (in wrestling) the act of causing such pain to one's opponent that he submits Compare fall
7. archaic.
   a confession of error

Other Words From

• nonsub·mission noun
• presub·mission noun
• resub·mission noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of submission¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, MIddle French, from Latin submissiōn- (stem of submissiō ) “a letting down, lowering, dropping”; sub-, mission

Example Sentences

You can read its full submission — including answers to the Commission’s questionnaire — here.

From TechCrunch

So a lot of the submissions I received were screenshots of staff emails or parent emails telling about the case.

From Popular-Science

The challenge will be accepting submissions through September 29.

From MIT Technology Review

Check out some standout submissions to the haiku and limerick contest and test your estimation skills, campus knowledge, and first-year smarts below.

From MIT Technology Review

When you do, indicate that you just want to confirm that they received your submission or ask if there’s any additional information they’d like.

From Search Engine Watch

Submission is less a novel of ideas than a political book, and of the most subversive kind.

From The Daily Beast

Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.

From The Daily Beast

This is even more striking in Submission than in his previous books.

From The Daily Beast

His discourse is now more detailed: submission, which is the meaning of islam in Arabic, gives him a kind of enjoyment.

From The Daily Beast

Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.

From The Daily Beast

The general met them, listened courteously to their words of submission, then with a wave of the hand refused the keys.

From Project Gutenberg

She smiled—she had caught the trick at last—and said, in happy submission: “What would you have me do?”

From Project Gutenberg

At the same time he imperiously insisted on the submission of such Scots as had not yet joined him.

From Project Gutenberg

But though he made his submission, again and again his Jacobin principles made themselves felt.

From Project Gutenberg

Some chiefs, however, feigned to offer their submission, and all was apparently quiet for a time.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• capitulation
• resignation