English verb: submit | |||
1. | submit (communication) refer for judgment or consideration | ||
Samples | The lawyers submitted the material to the court. | ||
Synonyms | subject | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | refer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | give, pass on, relegate, return, submit | ||
2. | submit (communication) put before | ||
Samples | I submit to you that the accused is guilty. | ||
Examples | They submit that there was a traffic accident | ||
Synonyms | posit, put forward, state | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advise, propose, suggest | ||
3. | submit (competition) yield to the control of another | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | subject | ||
Entail | give up, surrender | ||
4. | submit (possession) hand over formally | ||
Synonyms | present | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bring in | ||
5. | submit (social) refer to another person for decision or judgment | ||
Samples | She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues. | ||
Synonyms | pass on, relegate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subject, submit | ||
6. | submit (communication) yield to another's wish or opinion | ||
Samples | The government bowed to the military pressure. | ||
Synonyms | accede, bow, defer, give in | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield | ||
7. | submit (cognition) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | ||
Samples | We took a pay cut. | ||
Synonyms | take | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | undergo | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | test | ||
Verb group | take | ||
8. | submit (competition) make an application as for a job or funding | ||
Samples | We put in a grant to the NSF. | ||
Synonyms | put in | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apply | ||
9. | submit (possession) make over as a return | ||
Samples | They had to render the estate. | ||
Synonyms | render | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gift, give, present | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
10. | submit (cognition) accept as inevitable | ||
Samples | He resigned himself to his fate. | ||
Synonyms | reconcile, resign | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accept | ||