thesis
/ˈθiːsɪs/
Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis, especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation; A proposition or statement supported by arguments
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Meanings
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Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation
This data is for my thesis.
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That was the subject of my thesis.
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Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A proposition or statement supported by arguments
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Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention
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Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesisrare
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Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesisrare
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Senses relating to music and prosody.; The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stressrare
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Senses relating to music and prosody.; A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical noterare