1. Yield to the control of another
   "The smaller company submitted to the takeover"
    
2. Refer for judgment or consideration
   "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
    
3. Put before
   "I submit to you that the accused is guilty";
   - state, put forward, posit
    
4. Yield to another's wish or opinion
   "The government submitted to the military pressure";
   - bow[2], defer, accede, give in, acquiesce
    
5. Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
   "We submitted a pay cut";
   - take
    
6. Accept as inevitable
   "He submitted himself to his fate";
   - resign, reconcile
    
7. Hand over formally
   "The researcher submitted her findings to the journal for publication";
   - present
    
8. Refer to another person for decision or judgment
   "She likes to submit difficult questions to her colleagues";
   - relegate, pass on
    
9. Make an application as for a job or funding
   "We submit a grant to the NSF";
   - put in
    
10. (law) make over as a return
    "The attorney submitted the required documents to the court";
    - render

Derived forms: submits, submitting, submitted

Type of: accept, advise, apply, buckle under, experience, gift, give, give in, have, knuckle under, present, propose, refer, succumb, suggest, undergo, yield

Encyclopedia: Submit