Definition of SUBMIT

submit

Plural: submit, submitted

Verb

Verb Forms: submitted, submitting, submits

  • To yield to a superior force or authority; to present for approval.
  • refer for judgment or consideration
    • "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
  • put before
    • "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
  • yield to the control of another
  • hand over formally
  • refer to another person for decision or judgment
  • yield to another's wish or opinion
  • accept or undergo, often unwillingly
  • make an application as for a job or funding
  • make over as a return
  • accept as inevitable
  • To yield or give way to another.
  • To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
  • To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
  • To subject; to put through a process.
  • To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
  • To let down; to lower.
  • To put or place under.

Examples

  • After much deliberation, he decided to SUBMIT his seven-letter word, hoping it wasn’t a bluff.
  • I submit these plans for your approval.
  • They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

accede, bow, defer, give in, pass on, posit, present, put forward, put in, reconcile, relegate, render, resign, state, subject, take

Scrabble Score: 10

submit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
submit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
submit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

submit: valid Words With Friends Word