Meaning

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

Synonyms

yield

listen to

𐑅𐐯𐑌𐐼

refer to

be submissive

fork up

make a concession

make a proposal

bite out

deed over

defer to

give help

humble oneself

listen to reason

negociate

report to

come forward with information

obey orders

Hakea

yield to superior logic

abdicate

address

beat about

be humble

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
sub‧mit
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səbˈmɪt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.

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