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Submission

//səbˈmɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of submitting or yielding; surrender. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A subset or component of a mission.

    "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."

  3. 3
    the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another wordnet
  4. 4
    The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work. countable, uncountable

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

  5. 5
    (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case they are arguing wordnet
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  1. 6
    The thing which has been submitted. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 7
    an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter wordnet
  3. 8
    A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 9
    a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter wordnet
  5. 10
    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) wordnet
  6. 11
    the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness wordnet
  7. 12
    the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From sub- + mission.

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