English English Dictionary

submit in English:

1. submissive

He was looking for a submissive wife who would obey his every rule.

submissiveness, submission

Marian is submissive to Grazyna.

After months of training, our aggressive dog finally became submissive

Do you find it hard to play the role of the submissive wife?

People who smile too much are actually perceived as submissive and weak!

English word "submit"(submissive) occurs in sets:

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2. hand something in

3. have to give

4. put forward

He put forward a new plan to help decrease unemployment.

We are going to put forward a claim for damages.

None of the ideas that I put forward have been accepted

put forward ideas

The proposals that you have put forward deserve serious consideration.

put forward a new plan, = submit

During meetings people often put forward ideas.

The solution put forward by Mr Fletcher seems to be reasonable.

Mr Adams is going to put forward some interesting suggestions on how to improve our work.

A new theory has been put forward by the scientists.

Do you mind if we put forward the starting time an hour, and make it 9 o'clock instead of 10?

For that reason I think that we have to put forward a bolder proposal.

propose/He put forward two names wn in his diarfor the committee to consider.

These were the arguments which Carson put forward...

Oprah put forward a book which she had read and enjoyed and discussed it on the programme.

English word "submit"(put forward) occurs in sets:

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5. give in

The government has said all along that it will never give in to terrorist threats.

The rebels were finally forced to give in.

Despite great difficulties she refused to give in, and finally succeeded in getting what she wanted.

But - as Churchill said about the Nazi barbarians - we must never, ever give in

You'll never guess the answer - do you give in? She wouldn't give in until she received a full apology.

Don't give in

B1 to finally agree to what someone wants after a period when you refuse to agree: We will never give in to terrorists' demands

Jim was doing his best to make his colleagues like him but after a few weeks he give in.

6. put up with

I can’t put up with my boss!

How do you put up with him? He's so irritating.

It's really important to come to work on time. The boss won't put up with tardiness.

we shouldn't put up with the way he treats us

There’s no wind; and the air is dry. It’s easier to put up with than a cold shower.

I don't think I'm going to put up with her complaining any longer.

James was often obnoxious but John put up with him; after all, close friends normally tolerate each other’s faults.

Have you ever had to put up with noisy people in a hotel?

How do you feel when you get stuck in a traffic jam and you have to put up with? I feel stressed out when I get stuck in a traffic jam and I have to put up with it.

but for who are prepared to put up with the lack of comfort in space, the view will definitely make up for the drawbacks

How can they put up with all these inconveniences?

I can put up with the rain - it's the cold I don't like.

How would you fell if you had to put up with a bossy workmate?

How do you put up with the noise of the traffic outside your bedroom window?

What's the worst thing in your daily life, or in your life generally, that you have to put up with?