TOP

Definition of submit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

submit

verb
 
/səbˈmɪt/
 
/səbˈmɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they submit
 
/səbˈmɪt/
 
/səbˈmɪt/
he / she / it submits
 
/səbˈmɪts/
 
/səbˈmɪts/
past simple submitted
 
/səbˈmɪtɪd/
 
/səbˈmɪtɪd/
past participle submitted
 
/səbˈmɪtɪd/
 
/səbˈmɪtɪd/
-ing form submitting
 
/səbˈmɪtɪŋ/
 
/səbˈmɪtɪŋ/
jump to other results
  1. [transitive] to give a document, proposal, etc. to somebody in authority so that they can study or consider it
    • submit something to submit an application/a claim/a proposal
    • Completed projects must be submitted by 10 March.
    • submit something to somebody/something She submitted her report to the committee.
    • Articles should be submitted electronically as email attachments.
    Extra Examples
    • Candidates for the degree are required to submit a 30 000-word thesis.
    • He formally submitted his resignation.
    • Six groups were invited to submit proposals for the research.
    • They have submitted plans for our approval.
    • They have submitted an application for planning permission to build an extension.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • formally
    • respectfully
    • humbly
    verb + submit
    • ask somebody to
    • invite somebody to
    • require somebody to
    preposition
    • for
    • to
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to accept the authority, control or greater strength of somebody/something; to agree to something because of this synonym give in (to somebody/something), yield
    • submit to somebody/something She refused to submit to threats.
    • submit yourself to somebody/something He submitted himself to a search by the guards.
    Extra Examples
    • He submitted voluntarily to arrest.
    • They abandoned their town rather than submit to the Persians.
    • They were forced to submit to Bulgarian rule.
    Topics Discussion and agreementc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • voluntarily
    • willingly
    • meekly
    verb + submit
    • refuse to
    • agree to
    • be prepared to
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  3. [transitive] submit that… (law or formal) to say or suggest something
    • Counsel for the defence submitted that the evidence was inadmissible.
    Extra Examples
    • May I respectfully submit that this is not the right thing to do?
    • She submitted that the local authority should bear the cost.
    Topics Suggestions and advicec2
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin submittere, from sub- ‘under’ + mittere ‘send, put’. Sense (1) ‘present for judgement’ dates from the mid 16th cent.
See submit in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee submit in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
perspective
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day