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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 | ||
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