Standard Lemma guide

submission

noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /səbˈmɪʃən/
  • [səbˈmɪʃən] ~ [sb̩ˈmɪʃn̩]
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  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • /ˈsʌbˌmɪʃən/
  • [ˈsʌbˌmɪʃən] ~ [ˈsʌbˌmɪʃn̩]
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 B M IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The thing which has been submitted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A feeling of surrender to the control of another; a desire to obey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Sexual practices that involve serving a dominant partner (or partners) or allowing a partner (or partners) to command or control the submissive; sometimes including bottoming or masochism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A subset or component of a mission.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compliance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group action

Narrower terms: obedience, obeisance, prostration

9

noun

Meaning 9

(law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contention

10

noun

Meaning 10

an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agreement, understanding

11

noun

Meaning 11

a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: written agreement

12

noun

Meaning 12

something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • several of his submissions were rejected by publishers
  • what was the date of submission of your proposal?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance

Narrower terms: filing

13

noun

Meaning 13

the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meekness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: humility, humbleness

14

noun

Meaning 14

the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the union was brought into submission
  • his submission to the will of God

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

History

Etymology

From Middle English submissioun, from Old French soubmission, from Latin submissio, from submitto.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English mission English submission From sub- + mission.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: подчинение (podčinenie) — the act of yielding
  • Bulgarian: покорност (pokornost) — the act of yielding
  • Catalan: submissió — the act of yielding
  • Danish: underkastelse — the act of yielding
  • Danish: overgivelse — the act of yielding
  • Esperanto: submetiĝo — the act of yielding
  • Finnish: alistuminen — the act of yielding
  • French: soumission — the act of yielding
  • Georgian: წარდგენა (c̣ardgena) — the act of yielding
  • Georgian: შეტანა (šeṭana) — the act of yielding
  • Georgian: განსახილველად გადაცემა (gansaxilvelad gadacema) — the act of yielding
  • Georgian: მორჩილება (morčileba) — the act of yielding
  • German: Versand — the act of yielding
  • German: Unterwerfung — the act of yielding
  • Hungarian: behódolás — the act of yielding
  • Hungarian: meghódolás — the act of yielding
  • Irish: umhlú — the act of yielding
  • Irish: cur isteach — the act of yielding
  • Irish: taisceadh — the act of yielding
  • Irish: géilleadh — the act of yielding
  • Irish: tabhairt isteach — the act of yielding
  • Italian: resa — the act of yielding
  • Italian: sottomissione — the act of yielding
  • Japanese: 服従 (fukujū) — the act of yielding
  • Japanese: 恭順 (kyōjun) — the act of yielding
  • Japanese: 屈服 (kuppuku) — the act of yielding
  • Japanese: 平伏 (heifuku) — the act of yielding
  • Korean: 복종 (bokjong) — the act of yielding
  • Korean: 굴복 (gulbok) — the act of yielding
  • Latin: summissiō — the act of yielding
  • Luxembourgish: Soumissioun — the act of yielding
  • Macedonian: поднесување (podnesuvanje) — the act of yielding
  • Maltese: sottomissjoni — the act of yielding
  • Māori: ngawheretanga — the act of yielding
  • Māori: haurarotanga — the act of yielding
  • Portuguese: submissão — the act of yielding
  • Russian: пода́ча (podáča) — the act of yielding
  • Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — the act of yielding
  • Scottish Gaelic: gèilleadh — the act of yielding
  • Spanish: sumisión — the act of yielding
  • Spanish: sometimiento — the act of yielding
  • Swedish: underkastelse — the act of yielding
  • Swedish: undergivenhet — the act of yielding
  • Finnish: palautus — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Finnish: luovutus — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Finnish: jättö — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Finnish: lähetys — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Hungarian: beküldés — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Hungarian: benyújtás — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Hungarian: beterjesztés — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Italian: presentazione — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Italian: consegna — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Māori: tāpaetanga — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Spanish: entregamiento — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Spanish: entrega — the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work
  • Dutch: inzending — the thing which has been submitted
  • Finnish: ehdotus — the thing which has been submitted
  • Finnish: esitys — the thing which has been submitted
  • French: soumission — the thing which has been submitted
  • Hungarian: beadvány — the thing which has been submitted
  • Irish: aighneacht — the thing which has been submitted
  • Italian: invio — the thing which has been submitted
  • Macedonian: поднесок (podnesok) — the thing which has been submitted
  • Maltese: sottomissjoni — the thing which has been submitted
  • Māori: tāpaetanga — the thing which has been submitted
  • Māori: tukunga — the thing which has been submitted
  • Portuguese: submissão — the thing which has been submitted
  • Spanish: entregable — the thing which has been submitted
  • Spanish: entrega — the thing which has been submitted
  • Swedish: inlämning — the thing which has been submitted
  • Finnish: luovutus — combat sports
  • French: soumission — combat sports
  • German: Aufgabegriff — combat sports
  • Irish: géilleadh — combat sports
  • Japanese: サブミッション (sabumisshon) — combat sports
  • Korean: 서브미션 (seobeumisyeon) — combat sports
  • Polish: poddanie się — combat sports
  • Portuguese: finalização — combat sports
  • Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — combat sports
  • Russian: сабми́шн (sabmíšn) — combat sports
  • Spanish: sumisión — combat sports
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