- [uncountable] the act of accepting that somebody has defeated you and that you must obey them synonym surrender
- a gesture of submission
- to beat/force/starve somebody into submission
- His response was one of resistance, not submission.
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1, Permission and obligationc1- The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects.
- They bombed the town into submission.
- the patient's submission to the demands of the hospital
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- demand
- expect
- get
- …
- submission to
- [uncountable, countable] the act of giving a document, proposal, etc. to somebody in authority so that they can study or consider it; the document, etc. that you give
- When is the final date for the submission of proposals?
- submission to somebody/something They prepared a report for submission to the council.
- The deadline is 1 October and late submissions will not be marked.
- Many diploma courses require the submission of a project.
Extra Examples- Send submissions via email to the editor.
- The Society invites submissions for a special issue.
- The agency got 15 submissions from 11 countries.
- The companies have made a joint submission to the minister.
- The university is setting up a website to allow electronic submission of manuscripts.
- We welcome submissions from writers and reviewers.
- Late submissions will not be marked.
- The document formed part of a submission to the European Parliament.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- detailed
- lengthy
- joint
- …
- make
- accept
- reject
- …
- in a/the submission
- submission for
- submission to
- …
- [countable] (law) a statement that is made to a judge in court
- All parties will have the opportunity to make submissions relating to this case.
- The judge upheld the defendant's submission and quashed his conviction.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- oral
- written
- closing
- …
- consider
- hear
- support
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin submissio(n-), from the verb submittere, from sub- ‘under’ + mittere ‘send, put’.
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