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Meaning of 'submit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Submit [ v. i.]
- To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
- To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
- To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
2 . Submit [ v. t.]
- To let down; to lower.
- To put or place under.
- To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
- To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.

Meaning of 'submit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . submit [ v]
Meaning (1):
- accept as inevitable
Example in sentence:
  • He resigned himself to his fate
Meaning (2):
- put before
Example in sentence:
  • I submit to you that the accused is guilty
Meaning (3):
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
Example in sentence:
  • She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
Meaning (4):
- yield to another's wish or opinion
Example in sentence:
  • The government bowed to the military pressure
Meaning (5):
- refer for judgment or consideration
Example in sentence:
  • The lawyers submitted the material to the court
Meaning (6):
- make over as a return
Example in sentence:
  • They had to render the estate
Meaning (7):
- make an application as for a job or funding
Example in sentence:
  • We put in a grant to the NSF
Meaning (8):
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
Example in sentence:
  • We took a pay cut

Nearby Words:

sub sub judice sub- sub-base sub-bass subacid subacrid subacromial subact subaction

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