submit
/səb'mit/
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Definition
Verb (Transitive):
- To present or propose something for consideration, judgment, or decision by an authority. This often involves formally sending documents, proposals, or evidence.
- To yield or surrender oneself to the authority, control, or will of another person or force.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To accept or yield to a superior force, authority, or will, often reluctantly or under pressure.
Examples of Usage
Transitive Verb:
- Students must submit their essays by Friday. (Formally hand in for grading.)
- The lawyer will submit new evidence to the court. (Present formally for judgment.)
- I submit that the current policy is ineffective. (Formally propose or argue a point.)
Intransitive Verb:
- After a long battle, the rebels were forced to submit. (Yield to authority.)
- He refused to submit to their demands. (Refuse to yield or give in.)
Advanced Usage
- "To submit oneself to something": To willingly place oneself under the authority, conditions, or influence of something.
- She submitted herself to the rigorous training regimen.
- In formal or legal contexts: Used to denote the formal presentation of a document, application, or argument.
- The committee invited researchers to submit proposals.
Variants and Related Words
- Submission (n): The act of submitting or the state of being submissive.
- His submission of the report was timely. / Her total submission to his will was concerning.
- Submissive (adj): Inclined or ready to submit; yielding to authority.
- He has a submissive attitude towards his superiors.
Synonyms
- Present (to offer for consideration)
- Yield (to give way to pressure or authority)
- Surrender (to give up control)
- Propose (to put forward an idea)
- Defer (to yield in judgment or opinion)
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Submit to: To yield or surrender to something.
- You must submit to a security check before boarding.
- Submit for: To present something for a specific purpose (e.g., review, approval).
- He submitted the manuscript for publication.
Related Idioms
- Bow and submit: To show complete deference and surrender. (Note: This is a descriptive phrase combining actions, not a single idiom with "submit").
- Faced with overwhelming evidence, he had no choice but to bow and submit.
Verb
- accept as inevitable
- He resigned himself to his fate
- make over as a return
- They had to render the estate
- make an application as for a job or funding
- We put in a grant to the NSF
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- We took a pay cut
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- The government bowed to the military pressure
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
- hand over formally
- yield to the control of another
- put before
- I submit to you that the accused is guilty
- refer for judgment or consideration
- The lawyers submitted the material to the court