Meaning

(intransitive) To yield or give way to another..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.

We submit to their superior judgment.

I submit these plans for your approval.

We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.

Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through ^([sic]) survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.

The biology department at Texas Tech University – set in deeply conservative West Texas – asked faculty candidates in 2021 to submit statements on their commitment to DEI.

Pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 200.1 et seq., Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton hereby submits this Petition for Rulemaking.

The subcommittee, which is chaired by Ohio Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a podiatrist, will hold a markup session for the report Wednesday before submitting it to the congressional record.

Word Forms

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Use submit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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