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1651, in the meaning defined above

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a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree 0 rating rating ratings Mason Heaney

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In 1727 he gained the prize given by the Academie des Sciences for his paper On the best manner of forming and distributing the masts of ships; and two other prizes, one for his dissertation On the best method of observing the altitude of stars at sea, the other for his paper On the best method 0 rating rating ratings Lonnie Prohaska Knowing that alum cannot be obtained in crystals without the addition of potash, he began to suspect that this alkali constituted an essential ingredient in the salt, and in 1797 he published a dissertation demonstrating that alum is a double salt, composed of sulphuric acid, alumina and potash (Ann 0 rating rating ratings Laney Runolfsson 1007), whose fame rests on a dissertation on amicable numbers, and on the schools which were founded by his pupils at Cordova, Dania and Granada. 0 rating rating ratings Kristin The author gives a romantic description of the meeting with Cleopatra, with an interpolated dissertation on amour courtois as understood by the trouveres. 0 rating rating ratings Delia Morar The Excise Bill in 1733 and the Septennial Bill in the following year offered opportunities for further attacks on the government, which Bolingbroke supported by a new series of papers in the Craftsman styled A Dissertation on Parties; but the whole movement collapsed after the new elections, whic 0 rating rating ratings Palma Emmerich

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Definition of dissertation

• a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

Synonyms of dissertation

• lecture pronunciation lecture [ en ]
• recitation pronunciation recitation [ en ]
• speech pronunciation speech [ en ]
• oration pronunciation oration [ en ]
• Sermon pronunciation Sermon [ en ]
• harangue pronunciation harangue [ en ]
• treatise pronunciation treatise [ en ]
• thesis pronunciation thesis [ en ]

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• Abhandlung pronunciation Abhandlung [ de ]
• Aufsatz pronunciation Aufsatz [ de ]
• Ausarbeitung pronunciation Ausarbeitung [ de ]
• Beitrag pronunciation Beitrag [ de ]
• Arbeit pronunciation Arbeit [ de ]
• Niederschrift pronunciation Niederschrift [ de ]
• Studie pronunciation Studie [ de ]
• Artikel pronunciation Artikel [ de ]
• Buch pronunciation Buch [ de ]

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Le professeur donne le thème pour la dissertation

• texte écrit sur un sujet donné, exercice scolaire de lycée et de collège, travail de rédaction pour un étudiant
• par extension discours pédant
• commentaire pronunciation commentaire [ fr ]
• composition pronunciation composition [ fr ]
• copie pronunciation copie [ fr ]
• développement pronunciation développement [ fr ]
• discours pronunciation discours [ fr ]
• exercice pronunciation exercice [ fr ]
• narration pronunciation narration [ fr ]
• rédaction pronunciation rédaction [ fr ]
• traité pronunciation traité [ fr ]
• essai pronunciation essai [ fr ]

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What does the noun dissertation mean?

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dissertation , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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early 1600s

The earliest known use of the noun dissertation is in the early 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for dissertation is from 1611, in the writing of John Speed, historian and cartographer.

dissertation is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin dissertātiōn-em .

Nearby entries

• dissentment, n. a1699–
• dissentory, n. 1658
• disseparable, adj. a1849–
• disseparate, v. 1550
• dissepiment, n. 1727–
• dissepimental, adj. 1857–
• dissept, v. 1657
• dissepulchred, adj. 1800–
• dissert, v. 1623–
• dissertate, v. 1766–
• dissertation, n. 1611–
• dissertational, adj. 1833–
• dissertationist, n. 1844–
• dissertative, adj. 1816–
• dissertator, n. 1698–
• disserve, v. 1637–
• disservice, n. 1599–
• disservice, v. 1837–
• disserviceable, adj. 1645–
• disserviceableness, n. 1635–
• disserviceably, adv. a1670–

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dissertation, n. was first published in 1896; not yet revised.

dissertation, n. was last modified in September 2023.

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• American English : dissertation / dɪsərˈteɪʃən /
• Brazilian Portuguese : dissertação
• Chinese : 论文 学位
• European Spanish : tesina
• French : mémoire
• German : Dissertation
• Italian : tesi
• Japanese : 学位論文
• Korean : 논문 학위
• European Portuguese : dissertação
• Latin American Spanish : tesina

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dissertation

• 1.1 Etymology
• 1.2 Pronunciation
• 1.3.1 Alternative forms
• 1.3.2 Derived terms
• 1.3.3 Translations
• 1.4 Further reading
• 2.1 Etymology
• 2.2 Pronunciation
• 2.3.1 Descendants
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English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ].

From Latin dissertātiō , from dissertō .

Pronunciation [ edit ]

• ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key ) : /ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/
• ( General American ) IPA ( key ) : /ˌdɪsɚˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun [ edit ]

dissertation ( plural dissertations )

• A formal exposition of a subject , especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis . write a dissertation write up a dissertation hand in a dissertation complete a dissertation
• A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise ; a discourse ; a sermon .

Alternative forms [ edit ]

• diss ( clipping )

Derived terms [ edit ]

• all but dissertation
• dissertational
• dissertationist
• dissertator
• doctoral dissertation
• predissertation

Translations [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ].

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner , editors (1989), “dissertation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press , →ISBN .

French [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin dissertātiōnem , from dissertō .

• IPA ( key ) : /di.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/

dissertation   f ( plural dissertations )

• dissertation , essay Synonyms: essai , composition , rédaction

Descendants [ edit ]

• “ dissertation ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012.

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• English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (bind)
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Definition of thesis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• Students must submit a thesis on an agreed subject within four years.
• He presented this thesis for his PhD.
• a thesis for a master's degree
• He's doing a doctoral thesis on the early works of Shostakovich.
• Many departments require their students to do a thesis defense.
• She completed an MSc by thesis.
• her thesis adviser at MIT
• in a/​the thesis
• thesis about

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• The results of the experiment support his central thesis.
• Most people rejected this thesis at the time because it presumed evolution rather than creation.
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