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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So you researched the races, submitted your ballot and are ready to find out the results.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Plenty of students had been doing so anyway: 90% of Yale’s class of 2029 submitted either an SAT or ACT score.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Anthropic confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
More than 50,000 people have submitted written evidence to MPs, with many graduates saying they did not understand the terms of their student loans when they signed up.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Quilt squares should he the standard six-inch block and must be submitted for approval by December 1 to Mrs. Eugene Larkin, president.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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