submission

American  

[suhb-mish-uhn] / səbˈmɪʃ ən /

noun

• submissions
  plural

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.

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submission British  

/ 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. (in wrestling) the act of causing such pain to one's opponent that he submits Compare fall

7. archaic a confession of error

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonsubmission
  noun
• presubmission
  noun
• resubmission
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• submissions
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of submission

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

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Explanation

If a teacher asks for your submission, she might want you to obey her every command like a drone or, on the other hand, she may want just you to turn something in for her approval. The noun submission is the act of giving in to a stronger power. If someone winds up in jail, the guards there will demand the prisoner's submission. Alternatively, this word can refer to something that you submit to someone else. If you write an article and send it to a magazine to see if they will publish it, your article would be called a submission. Good luck!

Example Sentences

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submission submissions

Through his company El Deseo, Almodóvar is an executive producer on “La Bola Negra,” which is Spain’s Oscars submission for best international feature film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Although the two research groups developed their methods independently, they later coordinated the submission of their studies to Nature Physics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Anthropic told the Philadelphia police that the company discovered the incident on Sept. 28, and terminated the automated testing process responsible for the submission, the department said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Philadelphia Police Department said the false submission was made in July through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a public website where people can share information about unsolved killings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Under the pitiless double assaults of her mother and grandmother, the cottage where she lived was always squeaking clean, mopped and swept and scoured into limp submission.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

Another case fell apart when appellate judges on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled there was no evidence their Libor submissions had been false or fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In a series of cases starting in 2012, prosecutors on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean claimed employees at several banks had tried to juke those daily submissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In 2024, he described feeling emotional when he listened through to the voice submissions with his family.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Albury and Prince receive roughly 50 submissions for each event, but only about seven to nine are selected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The submissions ranged from the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights to a Russian cookbook.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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