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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

  1. (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
  2. (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
  3. (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
  4. (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
  6. (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

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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