submit

UK: /səbˈmɪt/ US: /səbˈmɪt/ ,(səb mit′)

Inflections of 'submit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

submits

v 3rd person singular

submitting

v pres p

submitted

v past

submitted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

sub•mit /səbˈmɪt/   v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 

1. to give over, surrender, or yield to the power or authority of another: [~ + object + to + object]
   We submitted ourselves to their wishes.
   [~ + to + object]
   At last the exhausted army submitted to the enemy.
   [no object]
   "We will never submit!'' the colonel snarled.
2. to present for approval or consideration:
   [~ + object] He submitted his plans for the new town square.
3. to state or urge with respect and politeness:
   [~ + that clause] I submit that he should provide complete documentation of his complaints.

See -mit-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sub•mit  (səb mit′), v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 
v.t. 

1. to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
2. to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
3. to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others:
   to submit a plan; to submit an application.
4. to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually fol. by a clause):
   I submit that full proof should be required.

v.i. 

5. to yield oneself to the power or authority of another:
   to submit to a conqueror.
6. to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment:
   to submit to chemotherapy.
7. to defer to another's judgment, opinion, decision, etc.:
   I submit to your superior judgment.

• Latin submittere to lower, reduce, yield, equivalent. to sub- sub- + mittere to send
• Middle English submitten 1325–75

sub•mit′ta•ble, sub•mis•si•ble  (səb mis′ə bel), adj.  sub•mit′tal, n. 
sub•mit′ter, n. 
sub•mit′ting•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. comply, bow, obey, agree, resign. See yield. 

Antonyms

• 1. fight.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

submit / səbˈmɪt/ verb ( -mits, -mitting, -mitted)

1. (often followed by to) to yield (oneself), as to the will of another person, a superior force, etc
2. (followed by to) to subject or be voluntarily subjected (to analysis, treatment, etc)
3. (transitive) often followed by to: to refer (something to someone) for judgment or consideration
4. (tr; may take a clause as object) to state, contend, or propose deferentially
5. (intransitive) often followed by to: to defer or accede (to the decision, opinion, etc, of another)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin submittere to place under, from sub- + mittere to send

subˈmittable, subˈmissible adjective

subˈmittal noun

subˈmitter noun