Degree - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪˈɡriː|  American pronunciation of the word degree
Brit.  |dɪˈɡriː|  British pronunciation of the word degree

noun

- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (syn: grade, level)
it is all a matter of degree
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (syn: level, point, stage)
a remarkable degree of frankness
- an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
- a measure for arcs and angles
there are 360 degrees in a circle
- the highest power of a term or variable
- a unit of temperature on a specified scale
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
- the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
murder in the second degree
a second degree burn

Extra examples

There are 360 degrees in a circle.

These trees will thrive, to a greater or lesser degree, in a number of climates.

I have the faculty of abstraction to a wonderful degree.

Regulations for settling questions between persons of unequal degrees.

He was the superlative degree of avarice.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

The temperature dropped to five degrees Centigrade.

Then the cylinder is rotated 180 degrees.

1960s Britain was characterised by a greater degree of freedom than before.

Newspapers vary in the degree to which they emphasize propaganda rather than information.

Applicants must have a degree in Engineering.

Students earn the degree after a two-year course of study.

She earned her master's degree in education.

The degree of risk is minimal.

Her primary goal is to get a college degree.

Word forms

noun
singular: degree
plural: degrees
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