verb · academic
submit
/səbˈmɪt/sub·MIT
to present (a document, proposal, etc.) for consideration or judgment
Examples
“Authors must submit their manuscripts by the end of the month for peer review.”
“The researcher submitted a formal proposal to the funding body.”
“All students submit their assignments online via the learning portal.”
Band 8 sentence
“Researchers were required to submit detailed methodological appendices alongside their articles to ensure reproducibility.”
Collocations
- submit a paper/report/proposal
- submit evidence
- submit to peer review
Word family
Common mistakes
I submit the assignment to the teacher yesterday.→I submitted the assignment to the teacher yesterday.
Please submit for the report before Friday.→Please submit the report before Friday.
Say it for a higher band
5hand in→6send→7+submit
Synonyms
hand in
surrender
Easily confused
hand in
“Please hand in your homework to the front desk.”
surrender
“The soldiers were forced to surrender after the siege.”
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