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