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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
submits, submitting, submitted |
| definition 1: |
to give up or yield (oneself) to the power, will, or authority of another.
Unable to escape, they submitted themselves to the will of the conquerors.- synonyms:
- resign, surrender, yield
- antonyms:
- defy, resist, withstand
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| definition 2: |
to subject to a process or treatment.
Half of the mice were submitted to the treatment while the others formed the control group.- synonyms:
- subject
- similar words:
- expose
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| definition 3: |
to offer for consideration.
He submitted his work to a publisher.
- synonyms:
- present, tender
- antonyms:
- withdraw
- similar words:
- bid, exhibit, lodge, offer, proffer, put, refer, render
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| definition 4: |
to propose or state; suggest.
I submit that we delay our decision until we have more information.[verb + (that) + clause
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I submit that my client could not have committed this crime.[verb + (that) + clause
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- synonyms:
- propose, suggest
- similar words:
- argue, assert, claim, contend, declare, maintain, move, offer, pose, volunteer
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| related words: |
abide by, aver, contribute, enter, moot, resign, subject, suggest, surrender, tender, yield |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cede to the authority or will of another.
In the end, the business owners had to submit to the demands of the town council.Refusing to submit to any authority, he landed in jail.She refused to submit to the pressure of society.- synonyms:
- bow, give way, surrender, yield
- antonyms:
- hold out, resist, withstand
- similar words:
- accede, acquiesce, capitulate, comply, fold, knuckle under, kowtow, obey, succumb
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| definition 2: |
to defer to the opinion or viewpoints of others.
- synonyms:
- defer
- antonyms:
- hold out, resist
- similar words:
- accede, acquiesce, bow, comply
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| definition 3: |
to allow oneself to be the subject of some process or treatment.
- similar words:
- agree, consent, subject oneself, volunteer
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| related words: |
bend, buckle, come around, compromise, follow, give way, yield |
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| derivations: |
submissible (adj.), submittable (adj.), submittal (n.), submitter (n.) |
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