thesis
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈθiːsɪs/
- Formal
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tesis
- If you'll allow me, Jack, I'd like to prove my thesis beyond a shadow of doubt.
- a thesis statement
- central thesis
- evidence for the thesis
Well, really, the thesis is how the brain is built.
- Well, really, the thesis is how the brain is built.
- And that is the current mainstream thesis amongst the ultra bulls.
- Where do you decide to kind of introduce that thesis and start this story?
- I mean, he had a real financial thesis about GameStop.
- I mean, it just goes back to the thesis statement that we've said for years.
- And that in our thesis is consciousness.
- So, so knowing that, what's your, what's your thesis today?
- Hindenburg, their thesis is they're way over leveraged.
- What do you think of that thesis that that's the proving?
Examples
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The main argument of the thesis is that access to education should be a basic human right.
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I'm writing my thesis on her.
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Well, really, the thesis is how the brain is built.
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So explain the kind of thesis of the book and how this plays out.
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And that should be the thesis sentence this entire election.
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I mean, it just goes back to the thesis statement that we've said for years.
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So that's my thesis on what's going on in markets.
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This was the thesis of countless child rearing books.
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But your thesis linking caste in Germany with the United States is flawed.
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Shelly's thesis is supported by... Flimsy, outdated evidence.
Synonyms
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3.3
A statement that something is true, often without proof
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6.1
An idea that may explain something but is not yet proven
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7.8
An opinion formed without enough proof, like a guess
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7.3
An idea that people accept as true without proof
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9.3
An idea people accept without proof and use to build an argument
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Etymology
Thesis comes from the Greek word thesis and the verb tithenai, which mean 'to put' or 'place'. So a thesis is an idea you 'place' before others to be tested and proved.