"submit" meaning in English

See submit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /səbˈmɪt/ Audio: en-us-submit.ogg [US] Forms: submit [canonical], submits [third-person, singular], submitted [past], submitted [past, participle], submitting [present, participle]
enPR: səbmĭtʹ Head templates: {{verb|submit|t}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you submit something, usually a piece of writing, you give it to somebody to be checked or accepted. Synonyms: undergo, give in
    Sense id: simple-submit-en-verb-RHYVvizR
  2. If you submit to some authority, you accept that they have power over you.
    Sense id: simple-submit-en-verb-R56N4eCb
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          "text": "They submitted their final report together with recommendations to the president."
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          "text": "At least up to 1985, the British government submitted to the threat of violence from the terrorists."
        },
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          "text": "Although most people submit willingly to this process, very few of them have any choice in the matter."
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