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論文 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • article noun A piece of writing on a particular topic, published in a newspaper, magazine, or online.
  • discourse noun Serious conversation or communication, spoken or written, on a particular subject.
  • paper noun A thin material made from pressed plant fibres, used for writing, printing, wrapping, and countless other purposes.
  • thesis noun A statement or claim put forward and supported by argument.
  • treatise noun A long, formal written work that thoroughly examines a single subject.

Senses

論文 is used for these senses in English:

  • article A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
  • discourse (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
  • paper (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
  • paper (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
  • thesis (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
  • treatise A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

article — full definition

  1. noun A piece of writing on a particular topic, published in a newspaper, magazine, or online.
  2. noun An individual item or object, especially one of a particular kind or category.
  3. noun A word (such as "a," "an," or "the") that marks a noun as definite or indefinite.

discourse — full definition

  1. noun Serious conversation or communication, spoken or written, on a particular subject.
  2. verb To speak or write at length about a subject.

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