Meaning

noun 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)

noun the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

noun the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English mission English submission From sub- + mission.

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