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Submit

To submit is to formally send a completed form, application, or other required information to the authority or organization that must receive it for consideration or processing.

In plain English

This word is about officially handing something in after it has been completed. It refers to sending a finished form, application, or other required information to the authority or organization that needs to receive it so it can review or process it.

In context

Here, Submit requests that the completed form be formally sent to the authority or organization that must receive it for consideration or processing.

Situation
Using identity, tax, and citizen portals for login, verification, submissions, and notices
What it communicates
requests sending the completed form through the portal

Meaning limits

By itself, submit does not show whether the information will be accepted, approved, or successfully processed.

Examples

“Marta submitted her completed application to the housing office.”

Core meaning

“The notice asked parents to submit the signed form to the school office.”

In context