word-vault/dist/data/cards/su/submission.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "submission",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of accepting that somebody has defeated you and that you must obey them",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a gesture of submission"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **beat/force/starve somebody into submission**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His response was one of resistance, not submission."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They bombed the town into submission."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the patient's submission to the demands of the hospital"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "surrender",
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement", "Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "total"],
                "verb + submission": ["demand", "expect", "get"],
                "preposition": ["submission to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of giving a document, proposal, etc. to somebody in authority so that they can study or consider it; the document, etc. that you give",
            "sensetop": "submission to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When is the final date for the submission of proposals?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They prepared a report for submission to the council.",
                    "contextForm": "submission to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The deadline is 1 October and late submissions will not be marked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many diploma courses require the submission of a project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Send submissions via email to the editor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Society invites submissions for a special issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agency got 15 submissions from 11 countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The companies have made a joint submission to the minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The university is setting up a website to allow electronic submission of manuscripts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We welcome submissions from writers and reviewers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Late submissions will not be marked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The document formed part of a submission to the European Parliament."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["detailed", "lengthy", "joint"],
                "verb + submission": ["make", "accept", "reject"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in a/​the submission",
                    "submission for",
                    "submission to"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a statement that is made to a judge in court",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All parties will have the opportunity to **make submissions** relating to this case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge upheld the defendant's submission and quashed his conviction."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["oral", "written", "closing"],
                "verb + submission": ["consider", "hear", "support"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈmɪʃn/",
                "audio": "su/submission/submission__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈmɪʃn/",
                "audio": "su/submission/submission__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin submissio(n-), from the verb submittere, from sub- ‘under’ + mittere ‘send, put’."
}