master's thesis
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- noun
- /ˈmæstərz ˈθiːsɪs/
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tesis de maestría
- My master's thesis analyzed the impact of climate change on agricultural practices in rural areas.
- an unpublished master's thesis
- writing a master's thesis
- research for a master's thesis
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Two weeks prior to November 10, 2006, I was searching for a subject for my master's thesis.
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I had a friend in college who did a master's thesis on just this thing.
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Questions remain regarding the necessary steps to continue action research beyond the master's thesis.
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The paper is based on a master's thesis submitted by the second author.
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My master's thesis was about great outlaws of the 20th century.
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Four have doctorates, one is a doctoral student, and the other is writing her master's thesis.
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The present study formed the basis of Vanessa Lynn Ewing's master's thesis at the University of Northern Colorado.
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Some important exceptions to this include Patricia Barkaskas's excellent master's thesis on the BCIHA and its newspaper, Indian Voice.
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Lewis recalls encountering some prejudices when she wrote her master's thesis at Bob Jones on the history of feminism.
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Roslyn Hammers, "Socialist Concerns in the Aesthetics of Roger Fry" (master's thesis, University of Michigan, 1988).
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Synonyms
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A long piece of writing based on research for a university degree
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A long piece of writing for a university degree that shows the writer's research and results
How Research-Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
master's + thesis
The noun 'thesis' means an extended written work and 'master's' signals the academic level (belonging to a master's degree), so the combined meaning ('a thesis for a master's degree') is directly derivable from the parts. This composition follows common possessive/nominal patterns and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Master's thesis comes from old university practice: a student presented a main idea, a thesis, to a master, meaning 'teacher', to show they had learned the subject. So today master's thesis means the long 'research paper' students write to finish a master's degree.