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thesis

noun IELTS

English meaning
A long piece of research writing for a university degree, or the main idea of an essay.
Example
She wrote her thesis on coastal erosion.
Common collocations
PhD thesis; thesis statement; write a thesis
Word family
theses (plural)
Academic Word List · Sublist 7

Translation

  • 한국어논문; 논지
  • 中文论文;论点
  • 日本語論文;主張
  • ไทยวิทยานิพนธ์ ประเด็นหลัก
  • Bahasa Indonesiatesis
  • Tiếng Việtluận văn; luận điểm
  • Русскийдиссертация; тезис
  • हिन्दीशोध प्रबंध; मुख्य तर्क

Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.

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