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thesis

4 definitions • 4 examples
1
a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done for a higher college or university degree:

Examples:

a doctoral thesis (= for a PhD)
2
the main idea, opinion, or theory of a person, group, piece of writing, or speech:

Examples:

Their main thesis was that war was inevitable.
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Examples:

a master’s thesis
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A thesis is also the main idea, opinion, or theory of a speaker or writer, who then attempts to prove it:

Examples:

His thesis was that World War I could have been avoided.

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