/ səbˈmɪt; NAmE / verb ( -tt- )
1.
[ vn ] submit sth (to sb/sth) to give a document, proposal, etc. to sb in authority so that they can study or consider it :
to submit an application / a claim / a complaint
Completed projects must be submitted by 10 March.
2.
submit (yourself) (to sb/sth) to accept the authority, control or greater strength of sb/sth; to agree to sth because of this
SYN give in to sb/sth , yield :
She refused to submit to threats.
He submitted himself to a search by the guards.
3.
[ v that ] ( law or formal ) to say or suggest sth :
Counsel for the defence submitted that the evidence was inadmissible.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin submittere , from sub- under + mittere send, put. Sense 1 present for judgement dates from the mid 16th cent.