submit

Verb

Meaning

To let down; to lower.

To put or place under.

To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.

To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.

To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.

To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.

To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

present accede defer put forward state take file offer suggest send yield introduce bow surrender render
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Antonyms

control attack rule bear object face
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Hypernyms

present give refer accept apply suggest

Hyponyms

return give subject test relegate bring in

Related terms

mission submission submissive

Phrases with the word

submit to submit a review submit oneself submit an application to submit submit for consideration

Derivatives

submitted submitting

Examples

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it. Norman Cousins

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect. Ambrose Bierce

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. Edmund Burke

Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression. German Proverb

Submit to the rule you have yourself laid down. Latin Proverb

Once you put on? the wedding ring you must submit to all that is necessary. Maltese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

submissiveness submissly submissness submit a review submit an application submit oneself