Submit (Verb)
Meaning 1
Refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Make over as a return; "They had to render the estate".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 4
Hand over formally.
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 5
Accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 6
Make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 7
Put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 8
Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 9
Refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 10
Yield to the control of another.
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- She decided to submit to her opponent's demands and end the long negotiations.
- The company reluctantly agreed to submit to the government's regulations and make the necessary changes.
- After a long struggle, the exhausted runner was forced to submit to fatigue and withdraw from the competition.
- It took her a long time to submit to the pressure and finally ask for help with her workload.
- The defeated team had no choice but to submit to the opposing team's victory and congratulate them on their win.