submit

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. (mixed, transitive) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To let down; to lower.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To put or place under.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səbˈmɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: submitten

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.

Synonyms

yield

surrender

present

capitulate

give in

comply

offer

obey

reconcile

bow

🙇

suggest

succumb

resign

put forward

propose

posit

consent

agree

hand in

state

file

accede

subject

bend

deliver

send

acquiesce

put

defer

return

knuckle under

concede

give up

render

accept

🉑

bring in

tender

pass on

subjugate

take

transmit

resign oneself

move

represent

request

give way

relinquish

cede

assign

grant

Translations

soumettre

sottomettere

einreichen

someter

presentar

onderwerpen

présenter

entregar

submeter

presentare

enviar

knechten

sotmetre

apresentar

υποβάλλω

Sentences

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