Associations to the word «Submit»

Wiktionary

SUBMIT, verb. (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
SUBMIT, verb. (transitive) or (intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
SUBMIT, verb. (transitive) (mixed martial arts) To win a fight by submission.
SUBMIT, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To let down; to lower.
SUBMIT, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To put or place under.

Dictionary definition

SUBMIT, verb. Refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court".
SUBMIT, verb. Put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty".
SUBMIT, verb. Yield to the control of another.
SUBMIT, verb. Hand over formally.
SUBMIT, verb. Refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues".
SUBMIT, verb. Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure".
SUBMIT, verb. Accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut".
SUBMIT, verb. Make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF".
SUBMIT, verb. Make over as a return; "They had to render the estate".
SUBMIT, verb. Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.