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Grammar : Noun
Spell : thee-sis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈθi sɪs

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Définition of thesis

Origin :
  • late 14c., "unaccented syllable or note," from Latin thesis "unaccented syllable in poetry," later "stressed part of a metrical foot," from Greek thesis "a proposition," also "downbeat" (in music), originally "a setting down or placing," from root of tithenai "to place, put, set," from PIE root *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Sense in logic of "a proposition, statement to be proved" is first recorded 1570s; that of "dissertation written by a candidate for a university degree" is from 1650s.
  • noun belief, assumption to be tested
  • noun written dissertation
Example sentences :
  • The mere exposition of a thesis would have little or no value.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • It merely proves that Dannar's statement in the preface of his Thesis is correct.
  • Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • Of this discovery, the first distinct assertion is contained in the thesis of Protagoras.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • But I would say that your thesis has a remarkably low index of probability.
  • Extract from : « The Cuckoo Clock » by Wesley Barefoot
  • You are obliged to defend a thesis you do not understand, by arguments you cannot measure.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • I mean that, without conceding the point, it's a thesis I'll not argue.
  • Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
  • That thesis will make or mar you as far as your first job goes.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • He wrote a thesis on the lyric poetry of our country comparing it with that of Europe.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • The negative part of Dilke's thesis is perhaps the more plausible.
  • Extract from : « Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) » by William Wagstaffe
  • I abandon a thesis for lack of words that shall supply my reasons.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

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