Submission Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBMISSION

1

a

:

an act of giving a document, proposal, piece of writing, etc., to someone so that it can be considered or approved

:

an act of submitting something

[noncount]

• I'm preparing the results of my study for submission to a medical journal.
• the electronic submission of tax returns

[count]

• The deadline for submissions is January 31st.

b

[count]

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something that is submitted

• We cannot accept submissions longer than 2,000 words.
• Over 5,000 submissions were received.

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[noncount]

:

the state of being obedient

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the act of accepting the authority or control of someone else

• a religion that preaches submission to God's will
• The prisoners were beaten into submission.