thesis
[noun]
Synonyms:
- dissertation, essay, monograph, paper, treatise
- proposition, contention, hypothesis, idea, opinion, proposal, theory, view

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Related Words: point, position, argument, belief, opinion, sentiment(s), view(s), exposition, argumentation

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English Thesaurus: essay, paper, dissertation, thesi

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

the‧sis AC /ˈθiːsəs, ˈθiːsɪs/ noun (plural theses /-siːz/) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, 'act of laying down', from tithenai 'to put, lay down']

1. a long piece of writing about a particular subject that you do as part of an advanced university degree such as an MA or a PhD:
Cynthia’s still working on her thesis.
graduate/master’s/doctoral thesis
He wrote his doctoral thesis on contemporary French literature.

2. formal an idea or opinion about something, that you discuss in a formal way and give examples for:
Their main thesis was that the rise in earnings was due to improvements in education.

3. American English in writing, the thesis is the sentence or group of sentences which state what the main idea of an essay is:
a paragraph introducing your thesis statement

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

thesis
noun
I. part of a university degree
ADJ. doctoral, MA, Master's, MSc, PhD, etc. | chemistry, geology, etc. | research
VERB + THESIS work on | complete, do, write (up) | submit | publish
THESIS + NOUN research, title, topic
PREP. by ~ She completed an MSc by thesis.
in a/the ~ research presented in a thesis
~ about/on He's doing a doctoral thesis on the early works of Shostakovich.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

thesis
II. statement of an idea/a theory
ADJ. basic, central, main
VERB + THESIS prove, support The results of the experiment support his central thesis.
disprove | advance He advanced the thesis that too much choice was burdensome to people.
challenge, refute
PREP. ~ about a thesis about the effects of new technology on skills

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

essay a piece of writing written by a student as part of a course of study:
We had to write an essay about the environment.
Have you handed in your essay yet?
paper an essay written by a someone who has studied a subject as part of their research. Paper is also used about an essay that you have to write for a class at school, especially in American English:
The professor has published over forty scientific papers on diseases of tropical crops
At the beginning of the school year we had to write a paper about our interests.
dissertation a long essay written as part of a university degree:
In the third year of their course, students have to write a 10,000 word dissertation on a topic that has been approved by their tutor.
thesis a very long essay that is part of an advanced university degree such as a master’s degree or a doctorate:
He wrote his doctoral thesis on the literature of the English romantic movement.

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