Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.

    Versand, Unterwerfung

    пода́чаpodáča, представле́ниеpredstavlénije

    the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)The thing which has been submitted.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A feeling of surrender to the control of another; a desire to obey.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

    Aufgabegriff

    захва́тzaxvát, сабми́шнsabmíšn

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

  7. A subset or component of a mission.

Examples

34 sentences
  1. We don't accept emailed submissions.

  2. In the end, her glare cowed him into submission.

    Зрештою, її пильний погляд змусив його підкоритися. — Ahha

  3. We welcome submissions.

  4. The submission deadline has been extended.

    deDie Abgabefrist wurde verlängert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. Islam is submission to one god.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of yielding:
combat sports:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act of yielding:
combat sports:

Origin

From Middle English submissioun, from Old French soubmission, from Latin submissio, from s

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

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: submissions
Singularsubmission
Pluralsubmissions

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another:compliance
  • 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):entry
  • the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness:meekness

Antonyms

4 antonyms
act of yielding:rebellioncontrolA2
sexual practice:dominancedominationC1

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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