thesis

/ˈθisɪs/
noun

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 2 meanings

  1. Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.

  2. Senses relating to music and prosody.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Late Middle English thesis (“lowering of the voice”) and also borrowed directly from its etymon Latin thesis (“proposition, thesis; lowering of the voice”), from Ancient Greek θέσῐς (thésĭs, “arrangement, placement, setting; conclusion, position, thesis; lowering of the voice”), from τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ, “to place, put, set; to put down in writing; to consider as, regard”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result).

Similar and opposite words

Opposite
arsis

THESIS at a glance

THESIS has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + S 1 + I 1 + S 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,533 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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