Soumettez

Soumettez is a French verb form derived from soumettre. It functions as the present tense form for the second person plural in the indicative, meaning you submit or you subject something, as in Vous soumettez vos propositions au comité. It is also the imperative form used to issue a command to multiple people or to a formal you: Soumettez votre rapport dès que possible.

Etymology and meaning: soumettre comes from Latin submittĕre, from sub- meaning under and mittere meaning to send or put. In French, soumettre retains the sense of placing something before someone for judgment, consideration, or control, i.e., to present for approval or to subject someone or something to a rule or process.

Usage and constructions: The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object, often followed by à or de in various constructions. With à, it indicates submission to a body or process: soumettre une proposition à l’examen du comité; soumettre un dossier à une analyse. The reflexive form se soumettre à means to submit oneself to something, such as a rule or situation. The past participle is soumis, used in compound tenses: j’ai soumis, il a été soumis. Adjectiveal use appears as soumis in phrases like un accord soumis à ratification, meaning “subject to ratification.”

Common contexts: administrative and legal language, project proposals, compliance procedures, and formal instructions. For example: Veuillez soumettre vos documents en ligne; Cette proposition est soumise à l’approbation du conseil.

Related terms: soumission (submission, act of submitting), soumis (submitted, subject to, or subjugated), se soumettre (to submit oneself).