thesis
Syllables: the·sis/ˈθiːsɪs//ˈθisɪs/
thesis noun: a proposition or statement supported by arguments.
Noun
thesis (plural theses)
- A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
- I submit these nine theses to Wikipedia’s community and to the world. I do this, as Martin Luther said when he posted his famous 95 theses, “Out of love for the truth and the desire to elucidate it.” […] I am confident that every thesis stands on solid ground.2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “Nine Theses on Wikipedia”, in larrysanger.org
- A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
- I told them of the grave, becoming, and ſublime deportment they ſhould aſſume upon this myſtical occaſion, and read them two homilies and a theſis of my own compoſing, in order to prepare them.1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “The Conclusion”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume II, Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, pages 218–219
- A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
- An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
- In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
- The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
- Antonyms:
- arsis
- A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
thesis meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
thesis in Tamil
- ஆய்வேடு, பட்டம் பெறுவதற்கான ஆராய்ச்சிக் கட்டுரை, ஆய்வறிக்கை
thesis in Urdu
- مقالہ, موضوع
thesis in Bengali
- গবেষণামূলক প্রবন্ধ, প্রবন্ধ, নিবন্ধ, যুক্তিরুপে উপস্থাপিত বিষয়, সুরের অবদমন, অনুদাত্ত স্বর
thesis in Malayalam
- thesis; dissertation
- പ്രബന്ധം prabandhaṁ
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- thesis in Kannada
- ಮಹಾಪ್ರಬಂಧ, ಪ್ರೌಢ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ, ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಪ್ರಮೇಯ, ಸಮರ್ಥಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ
- thesis in Gujarati
- મહાશોધ નિબંધ mahāśodh nibandh
- thesis in Sanskrit
- वाद vāda
- thesis in Tagalog
- tikha, katikhaan
- thesis in Arabic
- أُطْرُوحَة ʔuṭrūḥa
- thesis in Malay
- tesis
- thesis in Indonesian
- disertasi
- thesis in Thai
- วิทยานิพนธ์ wít-tá-yaa-ní-pon, ปริญญานิพนธ์ bpà-rin-yaa-ní-pon, นิพนธ์ ní-pon
- thesis in Vietnamese
- luận đề, đồ án tốt nghiệp, luận văn
Examples of thesis in a sentence
- I will have completely finished my degree by next July, when my thesis has been properly edited.
- Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.
- She was caught trying to plagiarize an article for her thesis.
Antonyms of thesis
Forms of thesis
| plural | theses |
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Origin of thesis
From Late Middle English thesis (“lowering of the voice”) and also borrowed directly from its etymon Latin thesis (“proposition, thesis; lowering of the voice”), from Ancient Greek θέσῐς (thésĭs, “arrangement, placement, setting; conclusion, position, thesis; lowering of the voice”), from τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ, “to place, put, set; to put down in writing; to consider as, regard”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). The English word is a doublet of deed. Sense 1.1 (“proposition or statement supported by arguments”) is adopted from antithesis. Sense 1.4 (“initial stage of reasoning”) was first used by the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), and later applied to the dialectical method of his countryman, the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831). The plural form theses is borrowed from Latin thesēs, from Ancient Greek θέσεις (théseis).
Words formed from thesis
- all but thesis
- bachelor's thesis
- blue water thesis
- bowling alone thesis
- Church-Turing thesis
- conflict thesis
- counterthesis
- doctoral thesis
- e-thesis
- graduate thesis
- Habakkuk thesis
- master's thesis
- Merton thesis
- nonthesis
- private language thesis
- Rothbarth-Habakkuk thesis
- thesis defense
- thesis statement
Phrases with thesis
Words that rhyme with thesis
- mimesis
- CSIS
- diuresis
- epithesis
- kinesis
- syndesis
- synizesis
- ascesis
- biokinesis
- diaphoresis
- anuresis
- askesis
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Questions about thesis
- What does thesis mean?
- Thesis means a proposition or statement supported by arguments.
- What is thesis in Tamil?
- Thesis in Tamil is ஆய்வேடு, பட்டம் பெறுவதற்கான ஆராய்ச்சிக் கட்டுரை, ஆய்வறிக்கை. See Thesis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thesis?
- Thesis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thesis?
- Thesis is pronounced /ˈθiːsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thesis?
- The plural of thesis is theses.
Words near thesis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thesis (page history and authors); thesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thesis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thesis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പ്രബന്ധം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); thesis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वाद (Sanskrit) (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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