Meaning of thesis | Babel Free

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1. Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.
   rhetoric
2. A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
   rhetoric
3. 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.
   broadly
4. a long written essay, report etc, often done for a university degree. a doctoral thesis; He is writing a thesis on the works of John Milton. tesis أطْروحَه، مَبْحَث теза tese disertační/doktorská práce, studie die Dissertation afhandling διατριβήtesis väitekiri تز؛ پایان نامه tutkielma thèseתיזה शोध-प्रबन्ध znanstveni rad, disertacija (doktori, PhD-) értekezés tesis (loka)ritgerð, doktorsritgerð tesi 論文 (학위, 졸업) 논문 disertacija, mokslinis darbas disertācija tesis proefschriftavhandlingrozprawa...
   etc
5. A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
6. tesis; postulado.
7. An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
8. A proposition that is maintained by argument.
9. 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.
10. A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.
11. A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof.
12. Senses relating to music and prosody.
13. 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.
14. The first stage of the Hegelian dialectic process.
15. 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.
16. The long or accented part of a metrical foot, especially in quantitative verse.
17. Music The accented section of a measure.
    Music
18. (Education) a dissertation resulting from original research, esp when submitted by a candidate for a degree or diploma
19. a doctrine maintained or promoted in argument

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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