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verb
- 1. accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person: "the original settlers were forced to submit to Bulgarian rule" Similar Opposite
- 2. subject to a particular process, treatment, or condition: "samples submitted to low pressure while being airfreighted"
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to allow another person or group to have power or authority over you, or to accept something unwillingly: We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit. She decided to resign from the party rather than submit her self to the new rules. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of SUBMIT is to yield to governance or authority. How to use submit in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Submit.
Submit definition: to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).. See examples of SUBMIT used in a sentence.
To submit to something means to undergo or accept it. You must submit to a search if the police have a warrant. Many of the senses of submit are variations on that first meaning of acceptance.
1. To accept or give in to the authority, power, or will of another. See Synonyms at yield. 2. To allow oneself to be subjected to something: submit to an interview; submit to drug testing. [Middle English submitten, from Latin submittere, to set under : sub-, sub- + mittere, to cause to go .] sub·mit′tal (-mĭt′l) n. sub·mit′ter n.
1. verb. If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain. [VERB + to]
Definition of submit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
