All 7 Uses
thesis
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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- Morrie suggests I try an honors thesis.
Chpt 10thesis = research paper
- And, with his help, by spring I have a 112 page thesis, researched, footnoted, documented, and neatly bound in black leather.
Chpt 10 *
- I watch Morrie as he reads my thesis, and wonder what the big world will be like out there.
Chpt 10
- This is our last thesis together, you know.†
Chpt 19
- Our last thesis.†
Chpt 19
- I thought about our first thesis together, in college.†
Chpt 19
- He called it our "final thesis."†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(thesis as in: the thesis of her editorial) a proposition (unproved statement or theory) put forward as a premise for evaluation
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(2)
(thesis as in: her Master's thesis) a formal and lengthy research paper advancing a new point of view -- usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of thesis that are used in such areas as music, poetry, and philosophy.