dissertation
nounUK /ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/ · CA, US /ˌdɪsɚˈteɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin dissertātiō, from dissertō.
1
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
- write a dissertation
- write up a dissertation
4 more examples
- hand in a dissertation
- complete a dissertation
- She spent three years writing her doctoral dissertation.
- The student defended his dissertation successfully.
2
A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.
- Derived terms
- all but dissertation, dissertational, dissertationist, dissertator, doctoral dissertation, predissertation