Dictionary

submit en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /səbˈmɪt/
• (US) audio
• səbmĭtʹ

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
   • They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
   • We submit to their superior judgment.
2. (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
3. (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
   • 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:
   • 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”, in Fox News, page 1:
   • The subcommittee, which is chaired by Ohio Republican Rep. 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 CNN:
   • 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 Texas”, in CNN:
   • I submit these plans for your approval.
   • Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through ^([sic]) survey of the riverbed. 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:
4. (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
   • [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy. 1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry:
   • I was submitted to a binding pledge.
5. (mixed, transitive) 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:
6. (obsolete, transitive) To let down; to lower.
   • Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. 1662, John Dryden, Poem to the Lord Chancellor Hyde:
7. (obsolete, transitive) To put or place under.
   • The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. 1611, George Chapman, Homer's Iliads:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

submissive · submission · mission

Translations (116)

uk висувати (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ru выдвига́ть (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · vi nộp (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · uk передавати на розгляд (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · es cursar (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · nl verzenden (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · th ยอม (to yield or give way to another) · km ប្រគល់ (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · pl ulec (to yield or give way to another) · cmn 屈服 (to yield or give way to another) · he הִגִּישׁ (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · hu benyújt (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fy tsjinje (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fr se soumettre (to yield or give way to another) · ca sotmetre's (to yield or give way to another) · la submitto (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fi alistua (to yield or give way to another) · ca sotmetre (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ga géill (to yield or give way to another) · es someter (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fi taipua (to yield or give way to another) · ru вы́двинуть (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · nl toegeven (to yield or give way to another) · fi esittää (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · cmn 低頭 /低头 (to yield or give way to another) · nl voorleggen (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ru подава́ть (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · mi whakaariki (to yield or give way to another) · uk пропонувати (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · bn পেশ করা (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ga umhlaigh (to yield or give way to another) · es someterse [a]] (to yield or give way to another) · it presentare (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · de sich abfinden (to yield or give way to another) · el υποβάλλω (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · pt entregar-se (to yield or give way to another) · ru подчини́ться (to yield or give way to another) · hu bead (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · uk підпорядко́вуватися (to yield or give way to another) · ba тапшырыу (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · km ទទួលចុះចាញ់ (to yield or give way to another) · mi tuku kōrero (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fi jättää (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · vi đệ trình (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fi alistaa (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ru покоря́ться (to yield or give way to another) · fr présenter (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · mi tāpae (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · id mengumpulkan (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · sv inlämna (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · bg покорявам (to win a fight by submission) · fi luovuttaa (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ru покори́ться (to yield or give way to another) · es entregar (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · de vorlegen (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · es someter (to win a fight by submission) · km ជូន (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · pl wygrywać (to win a fight by submission) · pl wygrać (to win a fight by submission) · sv underkasta (to win a fight by submission) · de unterwerfen (to win a fight by submission) · km ទទួលចាញ់ (to yield or give way to another) · ga tabhair isteach (to yield or give way to another) · ang ġebūgan (to yield or give way to another) · nl indienen (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ru предложи́ть (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fr gagner par soumission (to win a fight by submission) · la summitto (to yield or give way to another) · it sconfiggere (to win a fight by submission) · it sottoporre (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · mi tuohu (to yield or give way to another) · nl voordragen (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ru подчиня́ться (to yield or give way to another) · it inviare (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fr soumettre (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · pt finalizar (to win a fight by submission) · fi käsitellä (to put through a process) · nl zich onderwerpen (to yield or give way to another) · da afleve (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ja 提出する (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · la summitto (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · uk коритися (to yield or give way to another) · it sottomettere (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ca presentar (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · gd gèill (to yield or give way to another) · pt apresentar (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · de sich fügen (to yield or give way to another) · pl ulegać (to yield or give way to another) · cmn 提交 (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · ga cuir isteach (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · la obsequor (to yield or give way to another) · fi saada luovutusvoitto (to win a fight by submission) · pt submeter (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · bg представям (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · hy հնազանդվել (to yield or give way to another) · ga aighnigh (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · rup mi-ncljin (to yield or give way to another) · it sottomettersi (to yield or give way to another) · ru пода́ть (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · bg покорявам се (to yield or give way to another) · th ศิโรราบ (to yield or give way to another) · ru предлага́ть (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · bg подчинявам се (to yield or give way to another) · mi ngawhere (to yield or give way to another) · fi palauttaa (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · fi luovuttaa (to yield something to another) · la subeo (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · th ยอมแพ้ (to yield or give way to another) · ro a se închina (to yield or give way to another) · de einreichen (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · eo submeti (to yield or give way to another) · ga áitigh (to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) · la subeo (to yield or give way to another) · ka ემორჩილება (to yield or give way to another) · pt ceder (to yield or give way to another) · cmn 讓步 /让步 (to yield or give way to another)