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submit

  • verb
  • sub·mit
  • səbmĭtʹ

To yield or give way to another.

Example

“They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.”

Other meanings

  1. To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.

  2. To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

    “I submit these plans for your approval.”

Related words

  • missubmit
  • presubmit
  • unsubmit
  • unsubmitted
  • resubmit
  • resubmitter
  • submittable
  • submittal
  • submitter

Example sentences

  • “Submit only your best work.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "submittere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “submit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.