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submit

sub·mit

UK/səbˈmɪt/ US/sʌˈbmɪt/ fairly common

verb

1.

refer for judgment or consideration

  • “She submitted a proposal to the agency”
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2.

put before

  • “I submit to you that the accused is guilty”
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3.

yield to the control of another

4.

hand over formally

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5.

refer to another person for decision or judgment

  • “She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues”
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6.

submit or yield to another''s wish or opinion

  • “The government bowed to the military pressure”
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7.

accept or undergo, often unwillingly

  • “We took a pay cut”
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8.

make an application as for a job or funding

  • “We put in a grant to the NSF”
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9.

make over as a return

  • “They had to render the estate”
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10.

accept as inevitable

  • “He resigned himself to his fate”
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Origin

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.

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