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submit
[suhb-mit]
verb (used with object)
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms:to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others.
to submit a plan;
to submit an application.
to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually followed by a clause).
I submit that full proof should be required.
verb (used without object)
to yield oneself to the power or authority of another.
to submit to a conqueror.
to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment.
to submit to chemotherapy.
to defer to another's judgment, opinion, decision, etc..
I submit to your superior judgment.
submit
/ əˈɪ /
verb
(often foll by to) to yield (oneself), as to the will of another person, a superior force, etc
(foll by to) to subject or be voluntarily subjected (to analysis, treatment, etc)
to refer (something to someone) for judgment or consideration
to submit a claim
(tr; may take a clause as object) to state, contend, or propose deferentially
to defer or accede (to the decision, opinion, etc, of another)
Other Word Forms
- submittable adjective
- submissible adjective
- submittal noun
- submitter noun
- submittingly adverb
- nonsubmissible adjective
- presubmit verb (used with object)
- resubmit verb
- unsubmitting adjective
- ܲˈٳٱ noun
- ܲˈٳٲ noun
- ܲˈٳٲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of submit1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Others see valid asylum claims end with deportation orders because the information submitted was false, bearing no resemblance to the harrowing experiences that forced them out of their home countries.
Planning permission for the memorial is expected to be submitted by the end of 2026.
Truss was widely criticised for submitting an honours list after only 49 days in the job.
“People did not submit their personal data to 23andMe thinking their genetic blueprint would later be sold off to the highest bidder.”
Sources have told BBC Sport that Spurs are yet to submit a bid for Mbeumo and there has been further interest in him from other Champions League clubs on the continent.
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When To Use
As we see in our Behind The Word on transfer, submit is an excellent example of how Latin roots can be found all over English vocabulary.Submit entered English around 1325–75. The word is ultimately derived from the Latin submittere, meaning “to lower, reduce, yield.” This Latin verb is composed of two parts. The first part is sub-, a combining form based on the preposition sub, meaning “under, below.” The second part is mittere, a verb meaning “to send,” often with the sense of “letting (something) go.” Fun fact: another sense of submittere in Latin was “to let grow,” as one does with their hair.Some of the most common senses of submit in English are “to turn in,” as one submits a homework assignment or document, and “to give in,” as one submits to the will of another.Back to the Latin roots. Latin combined mittere with a variety of its own prefixes to form new verbs, many of which made their way into English in the 1300s.
- admit (from Latin admittere, literally “to send to”; see ad-)
- commit (from Latin committere, literally “to send with”; see com-)
- demit (from Latin ŧٳٱ, literally “to send down”; see de-)
- emit (from Latin ŧٳٱ, literally “to send out”; see e-)
- intermit (from Latin intermittere, literally “to send between”; see inter-)
- intromit (from Latin Գٰōٳٱ, literally “to send in”; see intro-)
- omit (from Latin omittere, with a literal meaning of, roughly, “to send in the way of”; see o-)
- permit (from Latin permittere, literally “to send through”; see per-)
- pretermit (from Latin praetermittere, literally “to send past”; see preter-)
- remit (from Latin remittere, literally “to send back”; see re-)
- transmit (from Latin ٰԲٳٱ, literally “to send across”; see trans-)
Dig deeperMany other English words contain sub-, but you might not know it at first glance. That’s due to a process called assimilation, which is when a sound becomes the same as or similar to a neighboring sound.Before sp, sub- becomes su-, as in suspect. Before c, sub- becomes suc-, as in succeed. Sub- becomes suf- before f (suffer), sug- before g (suggest), and sum- before m (summon). And just to be absolutely thorough, sub- becomes sup- before p, as in suppose, and sur- before r, as in surrogate.
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