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submission

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /səbˈmɪʃən/

Forms: submissions

submission means: A document, piece of work, or proposal sent to someone for them to consider or accept.

noun

WORK SENT INB2

A document, piece of work, or proposal sent to someone for them to consider or accept.

  • We received fifty submissions.
  • Please include your name on every submission.
  • The judges rejected his first submission to the competition.

How to use it: a submission to something (Her submission to the journal was accepted.)

Similar words: entry, proposal

Common phrases: accept a submission, late submission, submission to something

ACCEPTING CONTROLC1

Accepting another person’s power over you and obeying them.

  • The ruler demanded submission.
  • They refused submission to foreign control.
  • Hunger eventually forced the defenders into submission.

How to use it: submission to someone/something (They demanded complete submission to the ruler.); force someone into submission (The army forced the rebels into submission.)

Similar words: surrender, obedience, compliance

Opposites: resistance, defiance

Common phrases: complete submission, submission to someone, force into submission

Questions about submission

What does submission mean?

A document, piece of work, or proposal sent to someone for them to consider or accept.

What is submission in other languages?

Türkçe: sunulan çalışma · Español: propuesta · Français: dossier · Deutsch: Einreichung · Italiano: proposta · 日本語: 提出物

How do you pronounce submission?

It is pronounced /səbˈmɪʃən/.

How do you use submission in a sentence?

We received fifty submissions. Please include your name on every submission.

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