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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#m1)

2) To submit is to give in and accept someone's power or control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#m2)

3) (formal) To submit can also mean to state an opinion politely: I submit that the plan is unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#m3)

4) (computers) To submit is to click a button that sends what you typed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x1)
- I submitted my poem to the writing competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x2)
- Click «Submit» to send your answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x3)
- The rebels finally submitted to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x4)
- He would not submit to the bully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x5)
- We submitted a form to join the swimming club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x6)
- The lawyer submitted that the man was innocent (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x7)
- Katoma submitted patiently to the outrage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/#x8)

### 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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.406/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «submit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.