Thesis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈθiːsɪs/
• Rhymes: -iːsɪs

Origin

From Latin thesis, from Ancient Greek θέσις (thesis, "a proposition, a statement, a thing laid down, thesis in rhetoric, thesis in prosody")

Full definition of thesis

Noun

1. A statement supported by arguments.
2. A written essay, especially one submitted for a university degree.
• GoldsmithI 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.
3. (logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
4. (music) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; the opposite of arsis.
5. (poetry) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
6. (poetry) The part of the metrical foot upon which such a depression falls.

Derived terms

• master's thesis
• doctoral thesis

Related terms

• antithesis
• hypothesis
• prothesis
• prosthesis
• synthesis

Anagrams

• heists, shiest, shites