to dissertate
- verb
- /ˈdɪsərˌteɪt/
- Formal
:
elaborar una disertación
- He plans to dissertate about the effects of climate change on urban development for his PhD.
Examples
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If you are dissertating and thinking about adding digital components, if you aren't there yet but think you might want to add digital components, or if you are done dissertating but are curious to see where all this digital stuff is taking the dissertation, please join me!
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Damn, here I spent the day dissertating and then having dinner with a friend I haven't seen in quite some time.
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If you are dissertating and thinking about adding digital components, if you aren't there yet but think you might want to add digital components, or if you are done dissertating but are curious to see where all this digital stuff is taking the dissertation, please join me!
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As part of her graduate program, she needs to dissertate on a topic related to environmental science.
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While dissertating, students often spend countless hours in the library conducting research.
Surface Forms
Morphology
dissertate = dissertation (transparent) = dissert + ate
When intended to mean 'work on or write a dissertation', the relation to the noun 'dissertation' and the verbalizing suffix '-ate' is direct and predictable for learners familiar with academic vocabulary.
Etymology
Dissertate is closely linked to dissertation, which is a long academic paper, and it grew to mean 'work on a full study'. So, to dissertate in graduate work is to write or work on your dissertation over time.
