English noun: submission | |||
1. | submission (communication) something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | ||
Samples | Several of his submissions were rejected by publishers. What was the date of submission of your proposal?. | ||
Synonyms | entry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | filing | ||
2. | submission (act) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | ||
Synonyms | compliance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | obedience, obeisance, prostration | ||
3. | submission (state) the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else | ||
Samples | The union was brought into submission. His submission to the will of God. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
4. | submission (feeling) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness | ||
Synonyms | meekness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | humbleness, humility | ||
5. | submission (communication) a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | ||
Broader (hypernym) | written agreement | ||
6. | submission (communication) an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agreement, understanding | ||
7. | submission (communication) (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contention | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||