Definition of submission
1a : a legal agreement to submit to the decision of arbitratorsb : an act of submitting something (as for consideration or inspection); also : something submitted (such as a manuscript)
2 : the condition of being submissive, humble, or compliant
3 : an act of submitting to the authority or control of another
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Examples of submission in a Sentence
I'm preparing the results of my study for submission to a medical journal.
the electronic submission of tax returns
The deadline for submissions is January 31st.
We cannot accept submissions longer than 2,000 words.
Over 5,000 submissions were received.
a religion that preaches submission to God's will
The prisoners were beaten into submission.
Recent Examples of submission from the Web
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This isn’t the sort of gazpacho where all the ingredients have been heavily blitzed into submission.
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When the window for submissions closed, Heller had 66 correct responses from individuals or teams.
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My View’ submissions that are accepted are published as space allows.
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Getting into CAAM requires a film submission, an essay, and an interview with Bennett, who watches for signs of assistance from parents, many of whom work in show business.
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Guidelines: Submissions should be around 600 words; should state a topic clearly, with supporting examples; and use examples drawn from South Florida.
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Both the submissive and dominant consent to the submission and domination.
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The Democrat will accept any submission for appropriate events occurring in Cass County if they are emailed to kschwers@kcstar.com in our event format.
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Festival organizers are accepting sponsors, vendors (due Aug. 4) and local and regional artist (due Aug. 1) submissions.
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Origin and Etymology of submission
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin submission-, submissio act of lowering, from submittere
SUBMISSION Defined for English Language Learners
submission
playDefinition of submission for English Language Learners
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: an act of giving a document, proposal, piece of writing, etc., to someone so that it can be considered or approved : an act of submitting something
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: something that is submitted
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: the state of being obedient : the act of accepting the authority or control of someone else
SUBMISSION Defined for Kids
submission
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1 : the act of putting forward something (as for consideration or comment)
2 : the condition of being humble or obedient
3 : the act of giving in to power or authority
Medical Dictionary
submission
playMedical Definition of submission
: the condition of being submissive
Law Dictionary
submission
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1 : an agreement to submit a dispute to and abide by the decision of an arbitrator an award falls within the general rule that acts of arbitrators must…be coextensive with the submission — Albert v. Goor, 218 P.2d 736 (1950)
2 : an act of submitting something upon submission of a properly completed memorandum — J. H. Friedenthal et al.; also : something submitted
3 : an act of submitting to the authority or control of another
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