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Past tense of submit

regular verb

The past tense of submit is submitted. The past participle is also submitted.

Forms of submit

Base form (V1)submit /səbˈmɪt/
Past tense (V2)submitted /səbˈmɪtɪd/
Past participle (V3)submitted /səbˈmɪtɪd/
Present participlesubmitting /səbˈmɪtɪŋ/
Third person singularsubmits

Submitted in a sentence

  • Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in RAIL, page 82
  • I was submitted to a binding pledge.
  • The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.From the entry vote
  • He submitted a job application on the off chance that nobody better would.From the entry off chance
  • He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.From the entry affidavit

Meaning of submit

  1. verb To yield or give way to another.
  2. verb To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
  3. verb To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

Full definition of submit

Questions about the past tense of submit

What is the past tense of submit?
The past tense of submit is submitted.
What is the past participle of submit?
The past participle of submit is submitted.
Is submit a regular or irregular verb?
Submit is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: submit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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