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A thesis (from Greek θέσις, from τίθημι tithemi, I put) is a formal academic work, also known as a dissertation.

Thesis may also refer to:

• Thesis statement, of a dissertation, essay, or other argumentative work
• Arsis and thesis, used to refer to the downbeat or accented part of a measure or declining part of a phrase

Organisations, brands and companies

• Thesis (representative body), a German academic organisation
• Thesis (typeface), a font superfamily designed by Lucas de Groot
• Lancia Thesis, an executive car by Lancia

Entertainment

• Tesis, a Spanish film
• Thesis (Jimmy Guiffre 3 album)
• Thesis (Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris album)
• The Thesis, album by The Ambassador

Mathematics and logic

• A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention
• A hypothesis, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention
• A proposition

Humanities

• In philosophy, the first stage of a dialectic, as in thesis, antithesis, synthesis

See also

• TESIS Aviation Enterprise, a cargo airline from Russia