submission

/səb'miʃn/

Thân thiện

A student makes a submission to the art competition.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of yielding to authority or control: The state of accepting or agreeing to obey someone or something more powerful.
   • The act of presenting something for consideration: The action of formally sending a document, proposal, or piece of work to a person or group so they can judge it.
   • A formal proposal or document presented: Something that is formally presented for judgment, such as a legal argument, a manuscript, or a competition entry.
   • A state of humble obedience: A feeling or attitude of meekness and compliance.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Her quiet submission to the new rules surprised everyone. (Her act of accepting the new rules.)
  • The deadline for submission of the report is Friday. (The deadline for handing in the report.)
  • The lawyer prepared a detailed submission for the court. (The lawyer prepared a formal argument for the court.)
  • He lived in complete submission to his master's will. (He lived in a state of total obedience.)

Advanced Usage

• In a legal context: Refers specifically to a formal argument or statement presented to a judge or jury.
  • The defense's submission was that the evidence was inadmissible.
• In academic or competitive contexts: Refers to an entry sent for review or judgment.
  • The journal acknowledged receipt of her submission.
• "In submission": Describing a state of being controlled or dominated.
  • The defeated army was held in submission.

Variants and Related Words

• Submit (verb): To yield to authority or to present for consideration.
  • You must submit your application online.
• Submissive (adjective): Inclined to submit or be obedient.
  • He has a submissive personality.
• Submissiveness (noun): The quality of being submissive.

Synonyms

• Compliance: The act of conforming or agreeing.
• Surrender: The act of giving up control.
• Presentation: The act of showing or offering something for consideration.
• Obedience: Compliance with an order or law.

Related Phrases

• Make a submission: To formally present an argument or document.
  • Each party will make a submission to the arbitrator.
• In humble submission: A formal phrase expressing deference.
  • I present this report in humble submission to the committee.

Related Idioms

• Bow one's head in submission: To show defeat or obedience through a physical gesture.
  • After the argument, he bowed his head in submission.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
2. an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
3. a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
4. the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
5. the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
   • the union was brought into submission
   • his submission to the will of God
6. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
7. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
   • several of his submissions were rejected by publishers
   • what was the date of submission of your proposal?

Từ đồng nghĩa

• meekness
• compliance
• entry