submit meaning and definition

SUBMIT verb

Definition of submit (verb)

1. refer for judgment or consideration
   • "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
   • synonyms: subject
2. put before
   • "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
   • synonyms: posit, put forward, state
3. yield to the control of another
4. hand over formally
   • synonyms: present
5. refer to another person for decision or judgment
   • "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
   • synonyms: pass on, relegate
6. yield to another's wish or opinion
   • "The government bowed to the military pressure"
   • synonyms: accede, bow, defer, give in
7. accept or undergo, often unwillingly
   • "We took a pay cut"
   • synonyms: take
8. make an application as for a job or funding
   • "We put in a grant to the NSF"
   • synonyms: put in
9. make over as a return
   • "They had to render the estate"
   • synonyms: render
10. accept as inevitable
    • "He resigned himself to his fate"
    • synonyms: reconcile, resign