submitted
Americanadjective
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presented, sent, or handed in for the consideration, decision, or approval of others, as an application, proposal, report, etc..
All submitted requests will be time-stamped and processed in the order in which they are received.
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given over or yielded to the power, judgment, or authority of another.
The old butler was a willing, submitted servant who faithfully carried out the tasks he was given each day.
verb
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Etymology
Origin of submitted
First recorded in 1530–40; submit ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; submit ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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They said Jain submitted letters from a security-consulting firm that rated his data center at the most reliable and highest-performing tier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
There are also worries about AI models training themselves from videos submitted by applicants.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
After the state and county submitted a request for the court to temporarily halt the project, a hearing was set for Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Japanese company said Monday that it submitted to Akzo a proposal to acquire its decorative-paints business for 7.5 billion euros, equivalent to $8.56 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
SD-03 transmitted its equipment requisition order to them—an order that I myself had submitted on the Sixer intranet two days earlier.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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