as in submission
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
his submitting of his own desires to the will of God
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as in succumbing
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine
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as in bowing
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)
refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night
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as in surrendering
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way
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Recent Examples of submitting
Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
The pick underscores China’s steady shift over the past decade of submitting large-scale historical narratives with potent national symbolism instead of the arthouse human dramas that more regularly win the country’s filmmakers acclaim overseas.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Prior to submitting your Money Diary, please read and consider Refinery29’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
Its all-new Coffee Caramel Silk Pie creation, featuring bold coffee and caramel, came from customers submitting and voting on pie flavor ideas, the company said.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Additionally, submitting the list only weeks before the fiscal year ends, lawmakers must choose between accepting the plan and risking undermining Congress’s decisions on federal spending, or fighting and risking the money disappearing when the deadline passes, the paper added.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Amazon will post links and notices on its website and mobile app with more info about submitting claims.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Matthew—who also shares two other children, daughter Vida, 15, and son Livingston, 12, with Camila—ultimately pulled the family name off Levi’s audition tape before submitting it as a test of merit.
—Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
In the autumn of his life, Henry James went back to many of his novels and short stories, submitting them to revisions sufficiently far-reaching to keep scholars happily squabbling forever.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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In May, the California Department of Insurance accused Halem of falsifying an accident report and submitting staged photos to back up the claim.
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Even something as basic as submitting documents to the correct immigration judge has become more challenging, Cartwright said.
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While submissions for the festival come from all over the world, the festival experience itself is geared toward local Carolinians.—
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Reader predictions Thank you for your submissions last week.—
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Bin Laden outlasted Bellevue, too, before succumbing.—
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Police say that she was shot in the neck by a rifle, surviving long enough to make it to a nearby resident’s front door in an apparent attempt to seek help just a few minutes before succumbing to her injury.—
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He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.—
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Though Jimmy Kimmel is now back on the air, the Directors Guild of America isn’t acting like this instance of a Hollywood corporation apparently bowing to political pressure will be a one-off.—
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Hawes not only sustained the hit but also controlled the rep from that point forward, shifting his weight forward without surrendering any ground.—
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This month is about surrendering to the pause and letting the answer arise with time rather than forcing your next step.—
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Instead, Phantom Thread is a tribute to relationships as an act of mutual surrender, as well as to the specifics of two people whose weirdnesses just match up.—
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Sleepwalking explores the narrow yet profound space between the vigilant awareness of wakefulness and the surrender to the unknown feelings and sensations of sleep.—
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But Nicklaus picked up Jacklin's ball marker, conceding the 3-foot putt, which resulted in the Ryder Cup ending in a tie.—
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After conceding twice in the first 31 minutes, things could have become ugly.—
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“Submitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submitting. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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