Academic / C1

s-uh-b-MIT/səbˈmɪt/

To submit is to send a document for a decision, or to accept a higher authority: submit an essay, submit to inspection. Send in is everyday; file is a close twin; withdraw sits opposite. A submission is the noun. Do not treat a hallway yes as a filing.

Meaning

To send a document for a decision; also to accept a higher authority.

Examples

• “Submit the ethics form before you recruit; a hallway yes is not a filing.”
• “Send is everyday. Hand in is school register. File is administrative. Yield / give in is the authority sense. Oral permission in a corridor has no timestamp. The portal has a clock. Use it.”

Good to know

Hand in for a decision; also yield. Everyday: send in / hand in. Noun: submission. A corridor yes is not a filing.

Near in meaning

file

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