submittal

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /səbˈmɪtl/ UK /səbˈmɪtl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the act of submitting something, or the document formally submitted

The contractor's submittal of the revised drawings was approved by the engineer.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of submitting... submission tender filing application

Word family

Related forms submit submission submissive

Etymology

From submit + -al. Submit is from Latin submittere ('to lower, yield, place under'), from sub- ('under') + mittere ('to send').

sub Latin mittere Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# submittal

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səbˈmɪtl/
**IPA (UK):** /səbˈmɪtl/

## Meanings
1. the act of submitting something, or the document formally submitted

## Examples
- The contractor's submittal of the revised drawings was approved by the engineer.

## Synonyms
- submission
- tender
- filing
- application

## Related Forms
- submit
- submission
- submissive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sub
- Root: mittere - to send

## Etymology
From submit + -al. Submit is from Latin submittere ('to lower, yield, place under'), from sub- ('under') + mittere ('to send').

## AI Etymology
Submittal is from submit + -al. Submit is from Latin submittere ('to lower, yield, place under'), from sub- ('under') + mittere ('to send'). Important recorded forms include sub (Latin) and mittere (Latin). Morphologically, the sub- element contributes the sense of under, below, secondary status, or movement from beneath, with the base naming the field of application. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers the act of submitting something, or the document formally submitted. The wider family includes related words such as submit, submission, and submissive.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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