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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-er-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs ərˈteɪ ʃən

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Origin :
  • 1610s, "discussion, debate," from Latin dissertationem (nominative dissertatio) "discourse," noun of action from past participle stem of dissertare "debate, argue, examine, harangue," frequentative of disserere "discuss, examine," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + serere "to arrange words" (see series). Sense of "formal, written treatise" is 1650s.
  • noun scholarly thesis
Example sentences :
  • It is the aim of the present dissertation to accomplish this.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • And accordingly they stand beyond the range of this dissertation.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • He was not in the mood to listen to a dissertation on a text taken from Foul Play.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • We have already mentioned this subject in the Dissertation on Apparitions.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • The author had foreseen this objection from the beginning of his dissertation.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • Perhaps it was his Dissertation that Mendelssohn's children would read.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Students of Negro life and history, therefore, should read this dissertation.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • In the appendix there is a dissertation on the Negro in American fiction.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • In this dissertation the author has undertaken something new.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • Mr. Henbane was listening very lugubriously to this dissertation.
  • Extract from : « Crotchet Castle » by Thomas Love Peacock

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