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dissertations

dissertations is the plural of dissertation.

Meaning of dissertation

Noun

dissertation (plural dissertations)

  1. 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
  2. A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.

Questions about dissertations

What is dissertations the plural of?
Dissertations is the plural of dissertation.

Words near dissertations in the dictionary

  1. dissertation
  2. dissertational
  3. dissertationese
  4. dissertationist
  5. dissertationists
  6. dissertations
  7. dissertative
  8. dissertator
  9. dissertators
  10. disserted
  11. Disserth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dissertations (page history and authors); dissertation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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