submission
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Definition of submission
1a : a legal agreement to submit to the decision of arbitrators
b : 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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Synonyms & Antonyms for submission
Synonyms
compliance, conformity, obedience, subordination
Antonyms
balkiness, contrariness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, frowardness, insubordination, intractability, noncompliance, obstreperousness, rebelling, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, self-will, unruliness, waywardness, willfulness
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Two days after the submission deadline, Democrats have narrowed down location options for their party's 2020 convention. — Jeremy Wallace, Houston Chronicle, "Sylvester Turner fires up Texas Democrats at party convention," 22 June 2018 Entries may only be submitted by a single person; group submissions are not permissible. — CNN, "OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS," 12 June 2018 Advocates for the rules say that 49 submissions weren’t enough to accurately assess the rule given that more than 1,200 communities are eligible for federal block grant money. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "Ben Carson sued for delaying an anti-segregation rule—again," 8 May 2018 Writers in the Attic 2018 submission deadline: Before 5 p.m., The Cabin, Boise. — idahostatesman, "Treasure Valley Book Event Calendar: March 11-17 | Idaho Statesman," 9 Mar. 2018 The San Diego Union-Tribune is extending its search for the best places to work in the county until Aug. 10 for nomination submissions. — U-t Staff, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Top Workplaces deadline is extended," 12 July 2018 The deadline for this year's submissions is Aug. 31. — Bill Turque, kansascity, "Engineer profits from city projects and sits on panel to vet them. Is that a problem?," 30 June 2018 The deadline for submissions is July 15 at 5 p.m. The final exhibit will run from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. — Zipporah Osei, BostonGlobe.com, "A ‘kindness garden’ to spread love and compassion," 28 June 2018 The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 20, 2018. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "raceAhead: Let's Change the World," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'submission.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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submission
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English Language Learners Definition of submission
: 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
: something that is submitted
: the state of being obedient : the act of accepting the authority or control of someone else
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Kids Definition of submission
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
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Medical Definition of submission
: the condition of being submissive
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submission
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Legal Definition of submission
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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