Meaning & use
submit
To present something, such as a document or proposal, for consideration or approval.
See it in a sentence
Students must submit their final essays by Friday afternoon this week.
The lawyer submitted new evidence to the court just before the trial.
A note on using this word
'Submit' also means to yield or give in to authority or pressure, as in 'submit to their demands.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To accept or yield to the authority, control, or wishes of someone else.
He flatly refused to submit to the committee's increasingly unreasonable demands.
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