Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another.
- intransitive verb To subject to a condition or process.
- intransitive verb To present (something) to the consideration or judgment of another: synonym: propose.
- intransitive verb To offer as a proposition or contention.
- intransitive verb To accept or give in to the authority, power, or will of another. synonym: yield.
- intransitive verb To allow oneself to be subjected to something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put or place under or down.
- To let down; cause to sink; lower.
- To yield; surrender to the power, will, or authority of another; subject: often used reflexively.
- To refer to the discretion or judgment of another; refer: as, to
submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court. - To propose; declare as one's opinion.
- To moderate; restrain; soften.
- To yield one's self, physically or morally, to any power or authority; give up resistance; surrender.
- To be subject; acquiesce in the authority of another; yield without opposition.
- To maintain; declare: usually in formally respectful expression of a decided opinion: as, “That, I submit, sir, is not the case.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To let down; to lower.
- transitive verb To put or place under.
- transitive verb To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
- transitive verb To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; ; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.
- intransitive verb To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
- intransitive verb To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
- intransitive verb To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
yield orgive way to another. - verb transitive or (
intransitive ) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb yield to another's wish or opinion
- verb accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- verb make an application as for a job or funding
- verb accept as inevitable
- verb make over as a return
- verb refer for judgment or consideration
- verb put before
- verb yield to the control of another
- verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
- verb hand over formally
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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She could submit, she must _submit: _ could she accept?
The Gold of Chickaree Susan Warner 1852
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The OBLIGATION to submit is not from individual RIGHT to consent or not to consent to government, -- but the OBLIGATION _to submit_ is directly from God.
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And that, I submit, is one of the basic reasons why there will never be a tax system considered fair by those across all income levels of a society.
April « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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In that sort of pragmatism, paying to submit is a good reason to give a potential market a pass.
Do Not Submit to Narrative Magazine Hal Duncan 2009
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That, I would submit, is what ensures accountability of the individual Representatives and Senators to their constituents.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Balkin on the “Slaughter Solution” 2010
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As well, the reason we must ask people grant us license for the photo they submit is so that we can post those photos on our Facebook page, use them for print ads in our comics (some of which have already started running), and for graphics at places like San Diego Comic-Con.
Dark Horse Runs Contest to Build Mailing List » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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Ah well, I'll simply have to be sure the story I submit is one I won't mind having my rights forfeited.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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That I would submit is not possible, at least for NASA, and is not practical, for the US Government.
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Ah well, I'll simply have to be sure the story I submit is one I won't mind having my rights forfeited.
Fox in the Penhouse 2009
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The aspect of submission foresees a relationship of union, because he to whom we submit is Love.
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