verb

submit

suhb-MIHT

verb

To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.

"Please submit your assignment by Friday."

To give in or yield to another's authority or wishes.

"He refused to submit to the demands of the hijackers."

To win a fight in combat sports by forcing an opponent to concede.

"The champion submitted her opponent with an armbar."

How to Use Submit

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither to hand something in for review, or to give in to someone's authority.

Common pairings

submit an application submit to authority submit a form

Word Forms

submitted past tense, submit plural, submitted plural, submits singular, submit singular, submitted singular, submittest singular, submitteth singular, submittedst singular

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Etymology

From Latin submittere, "to place under, yield" — from sub- ("under") plus mitto ("to send").