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submit

sub·mit
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh b-mit]
    • /səbˈmɪt/
    • /səbˈmɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh b-mit]
    • /səbˈmɪt/

Definitions of submit word

  • verb with object submit to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively). 1
  • verb with object submit to subject to some kind of treatment or influence. 1
  • verb with object submit to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others: to submit a plan; to submit an application. 1
  • verb with object submit to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually followed by a clause): I submit that full proof should be required. 1
  • verb without object submit to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror. 1
  • verb without object submit to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment: to submit to chemotherapy. 1

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Origin of submit

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English submitten < Latin submittere to lower, reduce, yield, equivalent to sub- sub- + mittere to send

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Submit

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

submit popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

submit usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for submit

verb submit

  • accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
  • acquiesce — If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
  • act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
  • advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
  • adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures

Antonyms for submit

verb submit

  • attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
  • beaned — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • beaning — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • bestrid — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
  • bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.

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