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# submission

noun (submission, submissions)

«submission» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A submission is something you hand in to be judged or checked, like a piece of homework, a competition entry or a form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#m1)
2. Submission is the act of handing something in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#m2)
3. Submission is giving in or obeying someone more powerful, as in "beaten into submission". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#m3)
4. (formal, law) A submission is an argument or statement given to a judge or committee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school, submission of homework or projects has a deadline, and many online systems have a "submit" button. In competitions, entries are submissions. In stories and history, a defeated army is forced into submission. In some churches, submission to God's will means humble trust. Phrases: "submission date", "deadline for submissions", "in submission", "into submission".

### Examples

- The deadline for submission of your project is Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x1)
- The poetry competition received two hundred submissions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x2)
- My submission to the art contest was a painting of a fox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x3)
- The wrestler forced his opponent into submission. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x4)
- The dog lay on its back in submission. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x5)
- (formal) The lawyer made a submission to the judge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x6)
- (church) The monks lived in humble submission to God. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/#x7)

### Note

Verb: submit, submitted, submitting (double t). Adjective: submissive (too ready to obey). Countable for things handed in; uncountable for giving in. "Submit" in online forms means "send".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «submission» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submission/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«submission» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/submission.html) on Mova free.