noun · academic
dissertation
UK/ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/US/ˌdɪsərˈteɪʃən/dis·ser·TA·tion
a long piece of academic writing on a particular subject, especially for a university degree
Examples
“Her dissertation examined the social effects of new transport policies.”
“He cited several sources throughout the dissertation.”
“She submitted her dissertation last month and will defend it next week.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her dissertation offered a novel methodological approach that clarified previously inconclusive findings.”
Collocations
- submit a dissertation
- doctoral dissertation
- research dissertation
Word family
Common mistakes
I finished my dissertation last year.→I finished my dissertation last year.
She will submit the dissertation tomorrow→She will submit her dissertation tomorrow
Say it for a higher band
5paper→6thesis→7+dissertation
Synonyms
thesis
Easily confused
thesis
“Although the terms overlap, American universities tend to use 'dissertation' for PhD work.”
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