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submitted

Submitted is the status of a form or request that is in the state of having been formally sent to the relevant person, organization, or system for consideration or processing.

In plain English

This means the form or request has already been officially sent onward. It is no longer just being prepared; it has been passed to the person, organization, or system meant to review or handle it.

In context

Here, submitted marks that the user has formally sent the form or request to the person, organization, or system that will consider or process it.

Situation
Reading processing, queue, validation, success, warning, and error messages
What it communicates
marks the form or request as sent by the user

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not show whether the form or request has been reviewed, accepted, or otherwise acted on.

Examples

“The request is submitted, but nobody has reviewed it yet.”

Core meaning

“All submitted forms were waiting in the tray for processing.”

In context

  • draft Contrast

    A draft has not yet been formally sent for consideration or processing.

  • approved Contrast

    Approved shows a positive decision after review, while submitted only shows that the item has been formally sent.