What does tesis in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word tesis in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tesis in Spanish.

The word tesis in Spanish means thesis, theory, thesis, proposition, reasoning, back the thesis that, defend a thesis, defend a thesis, thesis defense, thesis director, thesis supervisor, PhD supervisor, DPhil supervisor, doctoral thesis. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tesis

thesis

nombre femenino invariable (trabajo de grado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El año que viene presento mi tesis y por fin tendré mi título.
Next year, I'm presenting my thesis and I will finally have my degree.

theory, thesis

nombre femenino invariable (teoría)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sigue con la tesis de que los extraterrestres viven entre nosotros.
He still believes in the theory (or: thesis) that aliens live amongst us.

proposition, reasoning

nombre femenino invariable (razonamiento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Desde este punto de vista la tesis es irrefutable.
From this point of view, the proposition is irrefutable.

back the thesis that

expresión (defender la tesis de que)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El estudiante apoyó la tesis de que las lenguas tienen un origen común.
The student backed the thesis that languages have a common origin.

defend a thesis

locución verbal (exponer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Para graduarme debo argumentar una tesis frente a un jurado de académicos.
To graduate, I have to defend a thesis before a panel of academics.

defend a thesis

locución verbal (exponer la tesis) (graduate student)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Esteban defendió su tesis frente a sus profesores.
Esteban defended his thesis in front of his professors.

thesis defense

(exposición de tesis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tras la defensa de tesis, Carla recibirá su título de doctora.
Carla received her doctoral certificate following her thesis defense.

thesis director

locución nominal con flexión de género (tutor principal de un doctorando)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El director de tesis me instó a mejorar la redacción.
My thesis director insisted that I improve the wording.

thesis supervisor, PhD supervisor, DPhil supervisor

(AR (director de tesis) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

doctoral thesis

(proyecto investigativo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pedro presentará su tesis doctoral mañana.
Pedro will present his doctoral thesis tomorrow.

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