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Theses

Thesis \The"sis\, n.; pl. Theses. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place, set. See Do, and cf. Anathema, Apothecary, Epithet, Hypothesis, Parenthesis, Theme, Tick a cover.]

  1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

  2. Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.

    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, to prepare them.
    --Goldsmith.

  3. (Logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

  4. (Mus.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

  5. (Pros.)

    1. The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.

    2. The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.

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theses

n. (plural of thesis English)

WordNet
thesis
  1. n. an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

  2. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree [syn: dissertation]

  3. [also: theses (pl)]

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Usage examples of "theses".

He was especially effective because in his New Haven days he had produced three graduate theses on the Darwinian theory which had required him to master the details of this controversial subject.

In 1517, two years before Magellan’s voyage, Martin Luther proclaimed the new spirit of independence when he nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg.

By the time Luther nailed his theses to the church door, all the Greek and Roman classics were available in cheap translations.

And on the eve of All Saints, 1517, he posted on the door of the Castle church in Wittenberg a placard, written in Latin, containing ninety-five theses which he challenged theologians to debate.

In 1506, eleven years before Luther nailed up his theses on the church door, a quietly-spoken physician named Nicholas Copernicus became secretary and medical adviser to his uncle, the bishop of Ermland, between Prussia and Poland.

But Gui could do more, and he has the skill: he will try to insist that the theses of Perugia are the same as those of the Fraticelli, or the Pseudo Apostles.

We get our theses done and live a little at the same time without the good doctor breathing down your neck.

Thanks to E-mail, which had facilitated sending chapters and their revisions back and forth, the theses had already been accepted.

After all, we don't hold a gun to their heads and tell them that their doctoral theses must have some applicability to the real world.