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submit.

To yield or give way to another.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/səbˈmɪt/
  1. To yield or give way to another.

    intransitive
    They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
    We submit to their superior judgment.
  2. To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.

    transitive
  3. To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

    ambitransitive
    I submit these plans for your approval.
  4. To subject; to put through a process.

    transitive
    I was submitted to a binding pledge.
  5. To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.

    mixed · transitive
  6. To let down; to lower.

    obsolete · transitive
  7. To put or place under.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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