submit
/səbˈmɪt/ verb
Forms submits submitting submitted submittest submittedst submitteth
- verb (intransitive) To yield or give way to another. “They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.”
- verb (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
- verb (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. “I submit these plans for your approval.”
- verb (transitive) To subject; to put through a process. “I was submitted to a binding pledge.”
- verb (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.
Synonyms
subject state put forward posit present relegate pass on bow defer accede give in take put in render resign reconcile
Etymology
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.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To let down; to lower. [Obs.]
- verb To put or place under.
- verb To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
- verb To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
Etymology [L. submittere; sub under + mittere to send: cf. F. soumettre. See Missile.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “submit”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details