submit

«submit» in Mova's school dictionary: to hand it in or send it so it can be checked or judged… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (submit, submits, submitted, submitting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To submit something is to hand it in or send it so it can be checked or judged, like homework or a form. tree →

2) To submit is to give in and accept someone's power or control. tree →

3) (formal) To submit can also mean to state an opinion politely: I submit that the plan is unfair. tree →

4) (computers) To submit is to click a button that sends what you typed. tree →

sense in the lessons

At school you submit homework, projects and entries for a competition. Online you press «Submit» to send a form. In stories and history an army or person submits when they stop fighting and obey. In lessons about faith, Christians speak of submitting to God's will. Phrases: submit homework, submit to, submit an application.

examples

• Please submit your homework by Friday. tree →
• I submitted my poem to the writing competition. tree →
• Click «Submit» to send your answers. tree →
• The rebels finally submitted to the king. tree →
• He would not submit to the bully. tree →
• We submitted a form to join the swimming club. tree →
• The lawyer submitted that the man was innocent (formal). tree →
• Katoma submitted patiently to the outrage. tree →

note

Double the «t»: submitted, submitting. Noun: submission. «Submit to» = give in to. In formal writing «submit» is a stiff word for «hand in» or «send».

In the corpora

• And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «submit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.