submit

B2 Topic:Law & Government

US /səbˈmɪt/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #6485

Meanings

1

verb
To give or send something to someone in authority for them to consider.

You must submit your application by Friday.
2

verb
To agree to obey someone or accept their power, often unwillingly.

They refused to submit to the new rules.
3

verb
To suggest or state something, especially formally.

I submit to you that the accused is innocent.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 verb · to agree to obey someone or... yield

3 verb · to suggest or state... state

Word family

Forms submitssubmittedsubmitting

Derived forms resubmitresubmittersubmittablesubmittalsubmitter

Related forms mission submission submissive

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European submitten Middle English submittere Latin

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Topics

Law & Government

# submit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** səbˈmɪt
**Frequency rank:** 6485

## Meanings
1. To give or send something to someone in authority for them to consider.
2. To agree to obey someone or accept their power, often unwillingly.
3. To suggest or state something, especially formally.

## Examples
- You must submit your application by Friday.
- They refused to submit to the new rules.
- I submit to you that the accused is innocent.

## Derived Forms
- resubmit
- resubmitter
- submittable
- submittal
- submitter

## Related Forms
- mission
- submission
- submissive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (change)
- Root: submitten
- Root: submittere

## Etymology
From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.

## AI Etymology
Submit is from Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend. In present-day use, it can mean to give or send something to someone in authority for them to consider, or to agree to obey someone or accept their power, often unwillingly.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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