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Pronunciation: /səbˈmɪt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb refer for judgment or consideration
  2. verb put before
  3. verb yield to the control of another

Etymology

From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.

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Synonyms

subject

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
refer
Narrower (hyponyms)
return, give, relegate

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