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Degree Temperatures Dɪˈɡriː Extra Examples I Varying Water

Word3 degree
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /dɪˈɡriː/ /dɪˈɡriː/
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  • water freezes at 32 degrees fahrenheit (32°f) or zero/nought degrees celsius (0°c).
  • temperatures are expected to drop below 2 degrees.
  • last weekend temperatures reached 40 degrees.
  • an angle of ninety degrees (90°)
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degree

(noun)/dɪˈɡriː/ /dɪˈɡriː/
  1. a unit for measuring temperature
    • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) or zero/nought degrees Celsius (0°C).
    • Temperatures are expected to drop below 2 degrees.
    • Last weekend temperatures reached 40 degrees.

    Extra Examples

    • Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
    • Temperatures inside the burning building are estimated to have reached 600 degrees centigrade.
  2. a unit for measuring angles
    • an angle of ninety degrees (90°)

    Extra Examples

    • I turned the wheel 90 degrees,
    • Place the shelf at a 90 degree angle to the wall.
    • If you study the sky through 360 degrees you will see a whole range of colours.
    • The camera turned through 180 degrees.
    • The car had spun through 180 degrees on impact.
  3. the amount or level of something
    • Her job demands a high degree of skill.
    • The story has been staged several times before, with varying degrees of success.
    • I agree with you to a certain degree.
    • The reaction to his decision has been, to some degree, predictable.
    • These criticisms are, to a degree (= to some extent), well founded.
    • To what degree can parents be held responsible for a child's behaviour?
    • Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.

    Extra Examples

    • He would try anything to make her even the smallest degree happier.
    • His arguments are simplistic to an extreme degree.
    • I felt excitement and sadness in equal degree as I waved goodbye to my colleagues.
    • It was possible to date these remains with a fair degree of accuracy.
    • Psychologists examined her to assess the degree of her illness.
    • She allowed us a considerable degree of freedom.
    • The book fails to answer the question with any acceptable degree of certainty.
    • The boss sometimes follows her instincts to a dangerous degree.
    • The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and, to a lesser degree, small businesses.
    • We were all disappointed to a greater or lesser degree.
    • There is a degree of risk in any sport.
    • These products don't get the same degree of testing as officially approved medications.
    • The party leaders were all found to be corrupt in varying degrees.
    • They work hard, but with varying degrees of success.
    • We all tried to find out about the bus service, with varying degrees of success.
    • employees of various degrees of ability
    • Today we rely on computer technology to an unprecedented degree.
    • the utmost degree of freedom
  4. the qualification obtained by students who successfully complete a university or college course
    • SEE ALSO Associate's degree
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/associate-s-degree
    • My brother has a master's degree from Harvard.
    • She's pursuing a degree in biochemistry.
    • a four-year degree course
    • an undergraduate/graduate/doctoral degree
    • a law/medical degree

    Extra Examples

    • Candidates must have at least an upper second class honours degree.
    • Candidates must hold a professional degree in architecture.
    • She earned a joint degree in Spanish and Psychology.
    • people educated to degree level or beyond
    • institutions that grant doctoral degrees
    • The University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
    • a degree-level course
  5. a university or college course, normally lasting three years or more
    • I'm hoping to do a chemistry degree.
    • He took a degree in law then joined a law firm.
  6. a level in a scale of how serious something is
    • SEE ALSO second-degree
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/second-degree
    • murder in the first degree (= of the most serious kind)
    • first-degree murder
    • third-degree (= very serious) burns
  7. slowly and gradually
    • By degrees their friendship grew into love.
    • By slow degrees, the company's turnover dwindled to nothing.
  8. extremely; to an extreme degree
    • The children tested her patience to the nth degree.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (in the senses ‘step’, ‘tier’, ‘rank’, or ‘relative state’): from Old French, based on Latin de- ‘down’ + gradus ‘step or grade’.
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