Submit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səbˈmɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Submit is a verb meaning (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
Meaning
(intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
- (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
- (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
- (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
- (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
- (transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.
Example Sentences
We submit to their superior judgment.
I submit these plans for your approval.
They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
Pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 200.1 et seq., Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton hereby submits this Petition for Rulemaking.
Word Forms
- submits
- submitting
- submitted
- submittest
- submittedst
- submitteth
Synonyms for submit
Depending on context, synonyms include accede, render, state, present, reconcile, bow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include resign, undergo, relegate, defer, take, reconcile.
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