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submits

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˌsəbˈmɪts// UK //səbmˈɪts// sub·mits

v. to give a document or a piece of work to someone in authority so they can look at it or judge it. You also use this when you accept that someone else has power over you.

v. to present a proposal, application, or document for consideration or judgement; alternatively, to yield to the authority or will of another. Third-person singular present form of 'submit'.


SIMPLE

She submits her report every Friday morning.

CONTEXTUAL

The architect submits the final blueprints to the city council for approval before construction begins.

COMPLEX

While the junior researcher submits her findings for peer review, she remains cautious about how the senior faculty might interpret the unconventional data set.

Synonyms
Usage

When meaning to present a document, it is transitive and takes a direct object. When meaning to yield, it is often intransitive and followed by the preposition 'to'.

Pitfall

He submits to the teacher his homeworkHe submits his homework to the teacherWhen 'submit' means to hand in work, the direct object should follow the verb immediately before the prepositional phrase.

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