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Submit Very Common

Origin: Latin prefix sub-

Submit has 11 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

refer for judgment or consideration

"The lawyers submitted the material to the court"

2

put before

"I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

3

yield to the control of another

"After hours of arguing, he finally submitted to his wife's decision about where they would go on vacation."

4

hand over formally

"The researcher submitted her final thesis to the university board for review before graduation."

5

refer to another person for decision or judgment

"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

6

yield to another's wish or opinion

"The government bowed to the military pressure"

7

accept or undergo, often unwillingly

"We took a pay cut"

8

make an application as for a job or funding

"We put in a grant to the NSF"

9

make over as a return

"They had to render the estate"

10

accept as inevitable

"He resigned himself to his fate"

11

To yield or give way to another.

"After hours of arguing, he finally submitted to her logic and agreed to change his mind."

In plain English: To submit means to give something up or hand it over to someone else for them to decide what happens next.

"Please submit your homework by the end of the week."

Usage: Use submit when you voluntarily surrender control, authority, or an idea to someone else's judgment rather than forcing your own will upon them. This verb often pairs with prepositions like "to," as in submitting a proposal for review or yielding to pressure from others.

Example Sentences
"Please submit your homework by the end of the week." verb
"I need to submit my homework before the class ends." verb
"She decided to submit her resume for the new job opening." verb
"Please submit your questions during the Q and A session." verb
See Also
resubmit yield move tap vote go to canossa lie down submission
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
refer propose give submit yield undergo apply accept
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
give return relegate subject bring in test

Origin

The word "submit" comes from the Latin verb submittere, which literally meant to place someone or something underneath another person in authority. It entered English through Middle English with this sense of yielding control and placing oneself under power.

Rhyming Words
mit amit smit omit emit izmit vomit immit emmit simit limit dimit admit remit demit reemit turmit permit kermit hermit
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