Pronunciations (2)
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/səbˈmɪt/
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səbˈmɪt
Verb
To yield or give way to another.
Usage- Intransitive
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They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
We submit to their superior judgment.
To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
Usage- Transitive
To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
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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.
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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.
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.
Pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 200.1 et seq., Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton hereby submits this Petition for Rulemaking.
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.
To subject; to put through a process.
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I was submitted to a binding pledge.
[Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
Usage- mixed
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[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.
It was also the first time Goldberg has been submitted, enhancing Reigns even more than he already has been over the last two years.
To let down; to lower.
Usage- Obsolete
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Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
To put or place under.
Usage- Obsolete
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The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.
Verb
refer for judgment or consideration
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The lawyers submitted the material to the court
put before
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I submit to you that the accused is guilty
yield to the control of another
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hand over formally
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refer to another person for decision or judgment
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She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
yield to another's wish or opinion
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The government bowed to the military pressure
accept or undergo, often unwillingly
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We took a pay cut
make an application as for a job or funding
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We put in a grant to the NSF
make over as a return
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They had to render the estate
accept as inevitable
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He resigned himself to his fate