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thesis

Definition

  • noun: a long piece of writing on a particular subject that is done to earn a degree at a university
  • noun: the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse
  • synonyms: statement, composition, proposition

Examples

  • The book's central 'thesis' is that propaganda influences the masses in important ways.

  • a master's/doctoral 'thesis' on the effects of global warming

  • She wrote her 'thesis' on Renaissance Nativity scenes.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and I are having dinner. And then we're seeing a show at the Gorge. Jose called for you, twice, by the way. - Is that some article? - No... These are. These are my thesis notes, I left them at school. Oh okay, well there's yesterday's mail. - What? - I don't know. You look - different. (..)
    2015 Fifty Shades of Grey