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# dissertation

«dissertation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, formal piece of writing about one subject, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dissertations)

### meaning for a pupil

A long, formal piece of writing about one subject, often written by a student for a degree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissertation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in lessons and in old books, a serious study of a topic by a scholar

### examples

- The student wrote a dissertation on ancient coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissertation/#x1)
- This dissertation looks at old fairy tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissertation/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dissertation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissertation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.