"doctoral thesis" meaning in English

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        "A research paper that a student writes in order to complete the requirements for a doctorate; a dissertation."
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          "doctorate",
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          "dissertation",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "博士論文"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "bóshì lùnwén",
          "sense": "dissertation",
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          "sense": "dissertation",
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          "word": "doktordisputats"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "väitöskirja"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "tohtorinväitöskirja"
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          "sense": "dissertation",
          "word": "thèse (de doctorat)"
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          "sense": "dissertation",
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          "sense": "dissertation",
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          "word": "teză de doctorat"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dissertation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "tesis doctoral"
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          "sense": "dissertation",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "doktorsavhandling"
        }
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "博士論文"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bóshì lùnwén",
      "sense": "dissertation",
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      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "väitöskirja"
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      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "tohtorinväitöskirja"
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      "sense": "dissertation",
      "word": "thèse (de doctorat)"
    },
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      "sense": "dissertation",
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