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Learn to pronounce the·sis

/ˈTHēsəs/
noun
  1. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
    "his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world"
    synonyms: theory, contention, argument, line of argument, proposal, proposition, premise, assumption, presumption, hypothesis, postulation, surmise, supposition, belief, idea, notion, opinion, view, theme, subject, topic, text, matter, theorem
  2. a long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a college degree.
    "a doctoral thesis"
    synonyms: dissertation, essay, paper, treatise, disquisition, composition, monograph, study, piece of writing, theme
  3. an unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse.

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