dissertation.
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
Meaning & usage
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
write a dissertation
write up a dissertation
A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.
Where this word comes from
From Latin dissertātiō, from dissertō.
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