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submission.

The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/səbˈmɪʃən/[səbˈmɪʃən] ~ [sb̩ˈmɪʃn̩]
  1. The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.

    countable · uncountable
    Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.
  3. The thing which has been submitted.

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  4. A feeling of surrender to the control of another; a desire to obey.

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  5. A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

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  6. Sexual practices that involve serving a dominant partner (or partners) or allowing a partner (or partners) to command or control the submissive; sometimes including bottoming or masochism.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English submissioun, from Old French soubmission, from Latin submissio, from submitto.

noun/ˈsʌbˌmɪʃən/[ˈsʌbˌmɪʃən] ~ [ˈsʌbˌmɪʃn̩]
  1. A subset or component of a mission.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiōlbor. English mission English submission From sub- + mission.

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