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submit
What does submit mean?
submit (verb): refer for judgment or consideration.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use submit in a sentence?
- The lawyers submitted the material to the court. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce submit?
/səbˈmɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does submit come from?
From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to submit
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “submit” mean?
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Not quite: that's what spy means.
to collect normally separate things
Not quite: that's what gather means.
make a logical or causal connection
Not quite: that's what relate means.
refer for judgment or consideration
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