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submit verb [ səbˈmɪt ]

• accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person.
• "the original settlers were forced to submit to Bulgarian rule"
Similar: give in, yield, give way, back down, cave in, bow, capitulate, relent, defer, agree, consent, accede, conform, acquiesce, comply, accept, surrender, lay down one's arms, raise/show/wave the white flag, knuckle under, humble oneself, bend the knee, kowtow, fall, throw in the towel/sponge, be governed by, abide by, be regulated by, comply with, observe, heed, tolerate, endure, brook, put up with, stomach, adhere to, be subject to, agree to, consent to, conform to, keep in step, play by the rules, play it by the book, take it lying down, lump it, wear, suffer,
Opposite: defy, resist,
• subject to a particular process, treatment, or condition.
• "samples submitted to low pressure while being airfreighted"
• present (a proposal, application, or other document) to a person or body for consideration or judgement.
• "the panel's report was submitted to a parliamentary committee"
Similar: put forward, present, set forth, offer, proffer, tender, advance, propose, suggest, volunteer, lodge, introduce, come up with, raise, air, moot, put in, send in, hand in, enter, register, table,
Opposite: withdraw,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin submittere, from sub- ‘under’ + mittere ‘send, put’. submit (sense 3) ‘present for judgement’ dates from the mid 16th century.


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