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Submit: Definition, Usage & Examples in English (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：hand in formally (submit)

submit 🔊

/səbˈmɪt/

To hand in your work or application to someone officially, like giving your homework to a teacher.

Illustration of a student submitting an essay online by clicking a blue submit button.

hand in formally 🔊

➕

/hænd ɪn ˈfɔːrməli/

To formally send or present something, such as work or an application, to an authority or system for review or processing.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'submittere': 'sub-' (under) + 'mittere' (to send), meaning 'to place under'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'sub' (under) + 'mit' (send) – you send something under a deadline or under someone's authority.

📖 Example

The students must submit their essays electronically before the midnight deadline. 🔊 Students are required to electronically hand in their essays by midnight.

🔗 Collocations

submit an application – to formally send an application for consideration

submit a report – to officially hand in a report

submit electronically – to send via digital means

🔄 Synonyms

hand in (v.) – to give something to someone in authority

deliver (v.) – to bring and hand over something formally

present (v.) – to offer for consideration or review

🚫 Antonyms

withhold (v.) – to refuse to give or submit something

retain (v.) – to keep possession of something

🌱 Derivatives

submission (n.) – the act of submitting something

submissive (adj.) – inclined to submit to others

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Latin 'submittere' (to send under). In modern English, it's commonly used in formal contexts like submitting documents online or yielding to authority in legal or organizational settings.

Meaning 2：yield to authority (submit)

submit 🔊

/səbˈmɪt/

To accept that someone has power over you and do what they say, even if you don't want to.

Visual of a team member submitting to a leader's decision in a professional meeting.

yield to authority 🔊

➕

/jiːld tuː ɔːˈθɒrəti/

To accept the power or control of another person or entity and comply with their demands or decisions, often reluctantly.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

After a long argument, the team decided to submit to the manager's final decision for the sake of project progress. 🔊 Following a lengthy debate, the team agreed to accept the manager's decision to advance the project.

🔗 Collocations

submit to authority – to yield to someone in power

submit willingly – to comply without resistance

submit under pressure – to yield due to external force or influence

🔄 Synonyms

yield (v.) – to give way to pressure or authority

obey (v.) – to follow commands or instructions

comply (v.) – to act in accordance with rules or requests

🚫 Antonyms

resist (v.) – to oppose or withstand authority

defy (v.) – to refuse to obey or comply

oppose (v.) – to act against or challenge

🌱 Derivatives

submission (n.) – the act of yielding to authority

submissively (adv.) – in a manner showing willingness to submit