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thesis

[ thee-sis ]

noun

plural theses
  1. a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:

    He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. a subject for a composition or essay.
  3. a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
  4. Music. the downward stroke in conducting; downbeat. Compare arsis ( def 1 ).
  5. Prosody.
    1. a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress.
    2. (less commonly) the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus. Compare arsis ( def 2 ).
  6. Philosophy. Hegelian dialectic


thesis

/ 藞胃颈藧蝉瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. a dissertation resulting from original research, esp when submitted by a candidate for a degree or diploma
  2. a doctrine maintained or promoted in argument
  3. a subject for a discussion or essay
  4. an unproved statement, esp one put forward as a premise in an argument
  5. music the downbeat of a bar, as indicated in conducting
  6. (in classical prosody) the syllable or part of a metrical foot not receiving the ictus Compare arsis
  7. philosophy the first stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that is challenged by the antithesis
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

thesis

  1. The central idea in a piece of writing, sometimes contained in a topic sentence .
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thesis1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek 迟丑茅蝉颈蝉 鈥渁 setting down, something set down,鈥 equivalent to the- (stem of 迟颈迟丑茅苍补颈 鈥渢o put, set down鈥) + -sis noun suffix; -sis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thesis1

C16: via Late Latin from Greek: a placing, from tithenai to place
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And the dialogue is largely functional, Burnett never building to some grand thesis, refusing to reduce Watts to inner-city clich茅s or its denizens to doe-eyed saints.

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In January 2024, his doctoral thesis on the geopolitics of African relations with the US, China and Russia was validated at the University of Johannesburg.

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Unlike most of Daum鈥檚 books, 鈥淭he Catastrophe Hour鈥 wasn鈥檛 conceived as a unitary volume and doesn鈥檛 offer a single thesis.

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Those ideas all came from a simple thesis: that capitalism is amoral and will gobble up anything it鈥檚 allowed to gobble up.

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Think of, say, Animal Kingdom and its emphasis on conservation, Epcot and its original, albeit disappearing thesis, of a global and science-led future, or even Disneyland and its romanticized vision of American myths.

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What Is The Plural Of Thesis?

Plural word for聽thesis

The plural form of thesis is theses, pronounced [ thee-seez ]. The plurals of several other singular words that end in -is are also formed in this way, including hypothesis/hypotheses, crisis/crises, and axis/axes. A similar change is made when pluralizing appendix as appendices.听

that are formed like theses derive directly from their original pluralization in Latin and Greek.

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