submit
Syllables: sub·mit/səbˈmɪt/
submit verb: to yield or give way to another.
Verb
submit (third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted)
- To yield or give way to another.
- They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
- We submit to their superior judgment.
- To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
- To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
- I submit these plans for your approval.
- We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution
- To subject; to put through a process.
- I was submitted to a binding pledge.
- [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry
- To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
- [Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series.2013 December 28, Brett Okamoto, “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in ESPN, retrieved 06 Jan 2014
- It was also the first time Goldberg has been submitted, enhancing Reigns even more than he already has been over the last two years.2022 February 19, Erik Beaston, “WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights”, in Bleacher Report, retrieved 22 Feb 2022
- To let down; to lower.
- Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.1662, John Dryden, Poem to the Lord Chancellor Hyde
- To put or place under.
- The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.1611, George Chapman, Homer's Iliads
submit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
submit in Hindi
- to submit
- सबमिट करना sabmiṭ karnā
submit in Tamil
- படை, தாக்கல் செய், அடிபணி, சமர்ப்பி
submit in Urdu
- گردن جھکانا, پیش کرنا
submit in Bengali
- to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.
- পেশ করা peś kora
More languagesFewer languages
- submit in Telugu
- సమర్పించండి, సమర్పించు, సమర్పించుటకు
- submit in Malayalam
- സമർപ്പിക്കുക
- submit in Kannada
- ಬಗ್ಗು, ಎಡೆಗೊಡು, ಮಣಗು, ತಲೆಬಾಗು
- submit in Punjabi
- نونا nivṇā
- submit in Gujarati
- સબમિટ કરો
- submit in Odia
- ଦାଖଲ କରନ୍ତୁ
- submit in Sanskrit
- क्षम् kṣam, साध् sādh
- submit in Nepali
- पेस गर्न, पेश गर्न
- submit in Indonesian
- mengumpulkan
- submit in Thai
- ยอมแพ้ yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ, ยอม yɔɔm, ศิโรราบ
- submit in Vietnamese
- đệ trình, nộp
Examples of submit 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:
- The biology department at Texas Tech University – set in deeply conservative West Texas – asked faculty candidates in 2021 to submit statements on their commitment to DEI.2023 February 15, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, “Another education fight over DEI emerges, this time at a conservative campus in...
- Pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 200.1 et seq., Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton hereby submits this Petition for Rulemaking.2024 October 21, “Petition for the Issuance and/or Amendment of Rules Regarding Contributions from Untraceable Electronic Payment Methods”...
- Brad Wenstrup, a podiatrist, will hold a markup session for the report Wednesday before submitting it to the congressional record.2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in...
Forms of submit
| third-person singular present | submits |
|---|---|
| present participle | submitting |
| past participle | submitted |
| past | submitted |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | submittest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | submittedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | submitteth |
Origin of submit
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.
Words formed from submit
Words that rhyme with submit
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Questions about submit
- What does submit mean?
- Submit means to yield or give way to another.
- What is submit in Hindi?
- Submit in Hindi is सबमिट करना (sabmiṭ karnā). See Submit meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use submit in a sentence?
- Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.
- What part of speech is submit?
- Submit is a verb.
- How do you pronounce submit?
- Submit is pronounced /səbˈmɪt/.
- What is the past tense of submit?
- The past tense of submit is submitted.
Words near submit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: submit (page history and authors); सबमिट करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); submit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); submit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); submit (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); submit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); submit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نونا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); submit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); submit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); क्षम् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); submit (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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