English Explanatory Dictionary

submit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To yield or give way to another.
To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
To subject; to put through a process.
To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
To let down; to lower.
To put or place under.

Pronunciation

səbmĭtʹ /səbˈmɪt/ en-us-submit.ogg

Word forms

submit submits submitting submitted no-table-tags glossary submittest submittedst submitteth

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.

Related words

submission submissive mission

Derived words

missubmit presubmit resubmit resubmitter submittable submittal submitter unsubmit unsubmitted

Translations

Finnish: luovuttaa

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