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noun

1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (Freq. 25)
- a moderate grade of intelligence
- a high level of care is required
- it is all a matter of degree
• Syn:
grade, level
• Hypernyms:
property
• Hyponyms:
quality, caliber, calibre, intensity, intensiveness,
grind, depth, highness, high, low, lowness,
extreme, amplitude level, moderation, moderateness, immoderation, immoderateness,
sun protection factor, SPF
• Attrubites:
high, low, mild, intense
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (Freq. 17)
- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
• Syn:
level, stage, point
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
ladder, acme, height, elevation, peak,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top,
extent, resultant, end point, standard of living, standard of life, plane,
state of the art, ultimacy, ultimateness, quickening, climax
3. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study (Freq. 13)
- he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
• Syn:
academic degree
• Hypernyms:
award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels
• Hyponyms:
associate degree, associate, bachelor's degree, baccalaureate, honours,
honours, master's degree, doctor's degree, doctorate, law degree,
honorary degree, honoris causa
4. a measure for arcs and angles (Freq. 7)
- there are 360 degrees in a circle
• Syn:
arcdegree
• Hypernyms:
angular unit
• Part Holonyms:
oxtant, sextant
• Part Meronyms:
minute, arcminute, minute of arc
5. the highest power of a term or variable (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
exponent, power, index
• Hyponyms:
degree of a term, degree of a polynomial, first degree
6. a unit of temperature on a specified scale (Freq. 1)
- the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
• Hypernyms:
temperature unit
• Hyponyms:
degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C, degree Fahrenheit, F
7. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
- murder in the second degree
- a second degree burn
• Hypernyms:
magnitude