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sub·mit

submit

 
 
pronunciation:
sb mIt
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: verb
inflections: submits, submitting, submitted
definition 1: to offer to another to look at.
He submitted the story to the magazine in hope that it would be published.
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antonyms:
withdraw
similar words:
bid, lodge, offer, refer
definition 2: to give in to the will or power of another.
The boy submitted to his mother's demand that he spit out his gum.
synonyms:
bow, surrender
antonyms:
hold out
similar words:
comply, obey
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)submit formally, humbly, respectfully, voluntarily
(v.)submit + adverb electronically, online
(v.)submit + nounHelp advance, application, approval, authority, ballot, bid, brush, budget, claim, comment, consideration, data, declaration, discipline, dispute, document, draft, e-mail, entry, episode, essay, evaluation, evidence, examination, inspection, item, journal, legislation, letter, list, memo, memorandum, monitoring, nomination, nominee, notice, offer, paper, parliament, petition, plan, proposal, publication, publisher, receipt, recommendation, report, request, resignation, resolution, review, sample, signature, sip, sketch, slide, statement, tape, test, testimony, testing, writing [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: submissible (adj.), submittable (adj.), submittal (n.), submitter (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word submit contains the following part: