"doctoral thesis" meaning in English

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      "form": "doctoral theses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "doctoral thesis (plural doctoral theses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "en:Education",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A research paper that a student writes in order to complete the requirements for a doctorate; a dissertation."
      ],
      "id": "en-doctoral_thesis-en-noun-NfwSNqRg",
      "links": [
        [
          "research",
          "research"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "doctorate",
          "doctorate"
        ],
        [
          "dissertation",
          "dissertation"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "博士論文"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bóshì lùnwén",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "博士论文"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "doktordisputats"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "väitöskirja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "tohtorinväitöskirja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "thèse (de doctorat)"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はくしろんぶん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakushi ronbun",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "博士論文"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teză de doctorat"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tesis doctoral"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "doktorsavhandling"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "doctoral thesis"
}

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    {
      "form": "doctoral theses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "doctoral thesis (plural doctoral theses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
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        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A research paper that a student writes in order to complete the requirements for a doctorate; a dissertation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "research",
          "research"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "doctorate",
          "doctorate"
        ],
        [
          "dissertation",
          "dissertation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "博士論文"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bóshì lùnwén",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "博士论文"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "doktordisputats"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "väitöskirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "tohtorinväitöskirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "thèse (de doctorat)"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくしろんぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakushi ronbun",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "博士論文"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teză de doctorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tesis doctoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "doktorsavhandling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doctoral thesis"
}