Definition of "submit"

submit

/səbˈmɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted
1. (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
2. (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
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  We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.
  1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution
  Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through [sic] survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.
  2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 82
4. (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
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  [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
  1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry
5. (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
  Quotations
  "[Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series."
  Okamoto, Brett (December 28, 2013), “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in ESPN.com‎, retrieved January 6, 2014
  "It was also the first time Goldberg has been submitted, enhancing Reigns even more than he already has been over the last two years."
  Beaston, Erik (February 19, 2022), “WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights”, in Bleacher Report‎, retrieved February 22, 2022
6. (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
  Quotations
  Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
  1662, John Dryden, Poem to the Lord Chancellor Hyde
7. (transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.
  Quotations
  The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.
  1611, George Chapman, Homer's Iliads

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