dissertationdis‧ser‧ta‧tion /ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən $ ˌdɪsər-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdissertation
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Latin dissertatio, from dissertare ‘to discuss’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- As is often the case with dissertations, mine dealt with dramatic events but was abstract, academic, and lifeless.
- His dissertation on feline neural disorders would waIt.
- In effect, such an order intends that all dissertations and papers will be submitted for vetting.
- Limitations of space preclude a lengthy dissertation on what is a vast subject.
- Not demands, orders, or dissertations, just requests.
- The only exception to this happy situation is the case study or historical thesis or dissertation.
- This covers matriculation, tuition and one diet of examinations including examination of a postgraduate thesis or dissertation.
- This gives the user the opportunity to produce an index to a long document such as a report or a dissertation.
THESAURUS► essay
Collocations a piece of writing written by a student as part of a course of study: · We had to write an essay about the environment.· Have you handed in your essay yet?
► paper an essay written by a someone who has studied a subject as part of their research. Paper is also used about an essay that you have to write for a class at school, especially in American English: · The professor has published over forty scientific papers on diseases of tropical crops· At the beginning of the school year we had to write a paper about our interests.
► dissertation a long essay written as part of a university degree: · In the third year of their course, students have to write a 10,000 word dissertation on a topic that has been approved by their tutor.
► thesis a very long essay that is part of an advanced university degree such as a master’s degree or a doctorate: · He wrote his doctoral thesis on the literature of the English romantic movement.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► doctoral
a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree → thesis· His doctoral dissertation was entitled History, Historians and Poetry?· Many doctoral dissertation proposals will be as long as 60 or more pages typed and double spaced.
VERB► write· In practice, this meant that for six years he refused to take classes, attend seminars, or write a dissertation.· I wanted to write a dissertation I could publish in book form that could be read by nonspecialists.· In their third year, honours students also write a 10,000-word dissertation based on supervised research on a subject of their choice.· I was personally reminded of it when I was writing my dissertation.· Minor students have a free choice of final-year units but do not write a dissertation in History.· I wrote papers and read dissertations.· In all three degrees, students write a dissertation in final year.· On the successful completion of these courses students will proceed to write a dissertation.