noun
1 part of a university/college degree
ADJECTIVE
▪ doctoral , honors ( AmE ), MA , Master's , MSc , PhD , senior ( AmE ), etc.
▪ research
▪ unpublished
VERB + THESIS
▪ do , work on , write , write up
▪ complete , finish
▪ submit
▪ present
▪
He presented this ~ for his PhD.
▪ publish
THESIS + NOUN
▪ project ( AmE ), research , topic
▪ work
▪
her ~ work on skin cancers
▪ statement ( AmE )
▪ defense ( AmE )
▪
Many departments require their students to do a ~ defense.
▪ committee ( AmE )
▪
Three Caltech professors served on my ~ committee.
▪ adviser ( AmE )
▪
her ~ adviser at MIT
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
research presented in a ~
▪ ~ about , ~ on
▪
He wrote a doctoral ~ on set theory.
2 statement of an idea/a theory
ADJECTIVE
▪ basic , central , fundamental , general , main , principal
▪ controversial , provocative
VERB + THESIS
▪ prove , support
▪
The results of the experiment support his central ~.
▪ disprove , undermine
▪ advance , present
▪
He advanced the ~ that too much choice was burdensome to people.
▪ develop , illustrate
▪ challenge , reject
▪ accept
▪ defend
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
a ~ about the effects of new technology on skills