submit
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others: to submit a plan;to submit an application.
to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually followed by a clause): I submit that full proof should be required.
to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror.
to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment: to submit to chemotherapy.
to defer to another's judgment, opinion, decision, etc.: I submit to your superior judgment.
Origin of submit
1synonym study For submit
Other words for submit
Opposites for submit
Other words from submit
- sub·mit·ta·ble, sub·mis·si·ble [suhb-mis-uh-bel], /səbˈmɪs ə bɛl/, adjective
- sub·mit·tal, noun
- sub·mit·ter, noun
- sub·mit·ting·ly, adverb
- non·sub·mis·si·ble, adjective
- pre·sub·mit, verb (used with object), pre·sub·mit·ted, pre·sub·mit·ting.
- re·sub·mit, verb, re·sub·mit·ted, re·sub·mit·ting.
- un·sub·mit·ting, adjective
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How to use submit in a sentence
The next year the temperance people made a strong effort to get the proposition re-submitted, but to no purpose.
British Dictionary definitions for submit
/ (səbˈmɪt) /
(often foll by to) to yield (oneself), as to the will of another person, a superior force, etc
(foll by to) to subject or be voluntarily subjected (to analysis, treatment, etc)
(tr often foll by to) to refer (something to someone) for judgment or consideration: to submit a claim
(tr; may take a clause as object) to state, contend, or propose deferentially
(intr often foll by to) to defer or accede (to the decision, opinion, etc, of another)
Origin of submit
1Derived forms of submit
- submittable or submissible, adjective
- submittal, noun
- submitter, noun
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