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submit
Meaning: to give in to the authority or control of someone else
submit in a sentence
How submit is used in real sentences:
Rather than keep arguing, Jamal decided to submit to his sister's plan for the weekend.
After weeks of protest, the stubborn committee finally chose to submit to the students' request for a later curfew.
“Royal officials censured Thomas in public notices, calling his newspaper a danger, and demanded that he submit to their control.”
— from the passage Ink Before Dawn
Synonyms for submit
Other words for submit — yield, surrender and concede — carry the same meaning.
- yield
- surrender
- concede
Antonyms of submit
Words that mean the opposite of submit:
- resist
- defy
- rebel
Where it comes from
From Latin submittere 'sub- (under) + mittere (send)'
Word parts
- mit/miss — send
submit: sub- (under) + mit (send)
Memory hook
SUB-MIT — SUB (under) + MIT (send): to place yourself under another's control.