yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, …
SUBMIT definition: 1. to give or offer something for a decision to be made by others: 2. to suggest: 3. to allow…. Learn more.
If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist.
Definition of submit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb submit, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
submit (third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted) (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
SUBMIT definition: to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively). See examples of submit used in a sentence.
He refused to submit to their demands. We will not submit to you without a fight. Public outcry caused him to submit to an investigation of his finances.
To submit to something means to undergo or accept it. You must submit to a search if the police have a warrant.