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dissertation
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dissertation
(noun)
dissertation
/ˌdɪsɚ
ˈ
teɪʃən/
noun
plural
dissertations
dissertation
/ˌdɪsɚ
ˈ
teɪʃən/
noun
plural
dissertations
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISSERTATION
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]
:
a long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree at a university
He wrote his
dissertation
on an obscure 16th-century poet.
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