doctoral thesis

collocation in English

meaningsofdoctoralandthesis

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doctoral
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdɒk.tər.əl/
us
/ˈdɑːk.tɚ.əl/
relating to a doctorate (= the highest degree from ...
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thesis
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθiː.sɪs/
us
/ˈθiː.sɪs/
a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done for a higher college or ...
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(Definition ofdoctoralandthesisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdoctoral thesis

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The use of the extracardiac circuit became the topic for hisdoctoralthesis.
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This research is based on the author'sdoctoralthesis.
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This research was conducted in partial fulfillment of the first author'sdoctoralthesis.
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The publication is based on adoctoralthesissubmitted in 1997.
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In places the book betrays its origins as adoctoralthesis.
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It is clear that the transition fromdoctoralthesisto book has been a long process.
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The work is adoctoralthesis, and its organization is logical and easy to follow.
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Nodoctoralthesisis faultless, of course, and this study has much to commend it.
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This volume is based upon research completed initially for adoctoralthesis.
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This paper is an extension of mydoctoralthesis.
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Ten of the book's eleven chapters once formed the core of the author'sdoctoralthesis.
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It reads like an excellentdoctoralthesispublished too soon.
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This study eventually formed the topic of herdoctoralthesis, which she defended in 1913.
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The expansion of some of these notions into a national context in the final three chapters of the book convert a gooddoctoralthesisinto a satisfying book.
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In the ensuing decade, he has reworked hisdoctoralthesissubstantially as well as considerably extending its scope.
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It's a rather amateurishdoctoralthesis, which asks (but does not seriously attempt to answer) all the wrong questions.
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It was the very skill which enlivened his ethnographic field notes and the four hundred-odd pages of hisdoctoralthesis.
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The book's structure is loose, even episodic, following that of thedoctoralthesison which it is based.
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The research article chapters are more concise than typical thesis chapters with less of the 'display of knowledge' that is often found in adoctoralthesis.
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Hisdoctoralthesisis on second-language acquisition.
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