submit

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English

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: səbmĭtʹ, IPA^(key): /səbˈmɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Hyphenation: sub‧mit

Verb

submit (third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted)

1. (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.

2. (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
4. (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
5. (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
   • Okamoto, Brett (2013 December 28) “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in ESPN.com‎^[1], retrieved January 6, 2014

     "[Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series."

   • Beaston, Erik (2022 February 19) “WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights”, in Bleacher Report‎^[2], retrieved February 22, 2022

     "It was also the first time Goldberg has been submitted, enhancing Reigns even more than he already has been over the last two years."

6. (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.

Derived terms

Related terms

• submission
• submissive
• mission

Translations

Further reading

• “submit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “submit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “submit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• tumbis