submission

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səbˈmɪʃən/, [səbˈmɪʃən] ~ [sb̩ˈmɪʃn̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sub‧mis‧sion

Noun

submission (countable and uncountable, plural submissions)

1. The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
2. 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. The thing which has been submitted.
   • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

     In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

4. A feeling of surrender to the control of another; a desire to obey.
5. A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.
   • 2005, Eddie Bravo, Jiu-jitsu Unleashed, page 12:

     He used overhooks to block the punches, but he didn't seem to know any submissions off the overhooks.

6. (BDSM) 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.

Synonyms

• (act of yielding): acquiescence, capitulation, concession, giving in, submittal, obeyance, yielding, deference
• (thing submitted): submittal

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “act of yielding”): rebellion, control
• (antonym(s) of “sexual practice”): dominance, domination

Derived terms

• e-submission
• insubmission
• nonsubmission
• presubmission
• promission
• resubmission
• submissionism
• submissionist
• technical submission
• unsubmission

Translations

the act of yielding

• Bulgarian: подчинение (bg) n (podčinenie), покорност (bg) f (pokornost)
• Catalan: submissió (ca) f
• Danish: underkastelse c, overgivelse c
• Esperanto: submetiĝo
• Finnish: alistuminen (fi)
• French: soumission (fr) f
• Georgian: წარდგენა (c̣ardgena), შეტანა (šeṭana), განსახილველად გადაცემა (gansaxilvelad gadacema), მორჩილება (morčileba)
• German: Versand (de) m, Unterwerfung (de) f
• Hungarian: behódolás (hu), meghódolás (hu)
• Irish: umhlú m, cur isteach m, taisceadh m, géilleadh m, tabhairt isteach f
• Italian: resa (it), sottomissione (it)
• Japanese: 服従 (ja) (fukujū), 恭順 (ja) (kyōjun), 屈服 (ja) (kuppuku), 平伏 (ja) (heifuku)
• Korean: 복종(服從) (ko) (bokjong), 굴복(屈服) (ko) (gulbok)
• Latin: summissiō f
• Luxembourgish: Soumissioun f
• Macedonian: поднесување (podnesuvanje)
• Maltese: sottomissjoni f
• Māori: ngawheretanga, haurarotanga
• Portuguese: submissão (pt)
• Russian: пода́ча (ru) f (podáča), представле́ние (ru) n (predstavlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèilleadh m
• Spanish: sumisión (es) f, sometimiento (es) m
• Swedish: underkastelse (sv) c, undergivenhet (sv) c

the act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work

• Finnish: palautus (fi) (in education), luovutus (fi), jättö (fi), lähetys (fi)
• Hungarian: beküldés (hu), benyújtás (hu), beterjesztés (hu)
• Italian: presentazione (it) f, consegna (it) f
• Māori: tāpaetanga
• Spanish: entregamiento (es) m, entrega (es) f

the thing which has been submitted — see also proposal

• Dutch: inzending (nl) f
• Finnish: ehdotus (fi), esitys (fi)
• French: soumission (fr) f
• Hungarian: beadvány (hu)
• Irish: aighneacht f
• Italian: invio (it)
• Macedonian: поднесок (podnesok)
• Maltese: sottomissjoni f
• Māori: tāpaetanga, tukunga
• Portuguese: submissão (pt) f
• Spanish: entregable m, entrega (es) f
• Swedish: inlämning (sv) c

combat sports

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: luovutus (fi)
• French: soumission (fr) f
• German: Aufgabegriff m
• Irish: géilleadh m
• Japanese: サブミッション (sabumisshon)
• Korean: 서브미션 (seobeumisyeon)
• Polish: poddanie się n
• Portuguese: finalização (pt)
• Russian: захва́т (ru) m (zaxvát), сабми́шн m (sabmíšn)
• Spanish: sumisión (es) f
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin missiōlbor.

English mission

English submission

From sub- + mission.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌmɪʃən/, [ˈsʌbˌmɪʃən] ~ [ˈsʌbˌmɪʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sub‧mis‧sion

Noun

submission (plural submissions)

1. A subset or component of a mission.
   • 1999, James J. Cooke, The All-Americans at War: The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1918, page 69:

     The commander would have to communicate to his operational planners his intent — how he wanted to fight the battle and what missions and submissions were vital to achieving what the corps order had defined as missions for the division.

Middle English

Noun

submission

1. alternative form of submissioun