# submit
## 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: /səbˈmɪt/
* Rhymes: -ɪt
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: sub‧mit

### Verb

submit (third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted)
* (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
    They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
* (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
* (transitive, intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
    I submit these plans for your approval.
** 1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution:We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.
** 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 82:Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through [sic] survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.
** 2023 February 15, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, “Another education fight over DEI emerges, this time at a conservative campus in Texas”, in CNN‎:The biology department at Texas Tech University – set in deeply conservative West Texas – asked faculty candidates in 2021 to submit statements on their commitment to DEI.
** 2024 October 21, “Petition for the Issuance and/or Amendment of Rules Regarding Contributions from Untraceable Electronic Payment Methods”, in Fox News‎, page 1:Pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 200.1 et seq., Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton hereby submits this Petition for Rulemaking.
** 2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in CNN‎:The subcommittee, which is chaired by Ohio Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a podiatrist, will hold a markup session for the report Wednesday before submitting it to the congressional record.
* (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
** 1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry:[Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
* (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
** 2013 December 28, Brett Okamoto, “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in ESPN‎, 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.
** 2022 February 19, Erik Beaston, “WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights”, in Bleacher Report‎, 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.
* (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
** 1662, John Dryden, Poem to the Lord Chancellor Hyde:Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
* (transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.
** 1611, George Chapman, Homer's Iliads:The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.

#### Derived terms

* resubmit
* resubmitter
* submittable
* submittal
* submitter

#### Related terms

* submission
* submissive
* mission

#### Translations

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### Further reading

* “submit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “submit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “submit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* tumbis