dissertation

1. 1.

   a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

   Synonymsthesis

   Broadertreatise

Other forms of dissertation

plural

dissertations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dissertation

What does dissertation mean?

dissertation means "a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree".

How many syllables are in dissertation?

dissertation has 4 syllables: dis-ser-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌdɪsɚˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for dissertation?

Close synonyms include thesis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dissertation a common word?

dissertation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dissertation?

89 words rhyme with dissertation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.