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degree(noun)BrE / dɪˈɡriː / NAmE / dɪˈɡriː / - a unit for measuring angles
- an angle of ninety degrees (90°)
- a unit for measuring temperature
- Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) or zero/nought degrees Celsius (0°C).
- the amount or level of something
- Her job demands a high degree of skill.
- I agree with you to a certain degree.
- 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.
- the qualification obtained by students who successfully complete a university or college course
- My brother has a master's degree from Harvard.
- She has a degree in Biochemistry from Queen's University.
- a four-year degree course
- a university or college course, normally lasting three years or more
- I'm hoping to do a chemistry degree.
- a level in a scale of how serious something is
- murder in the first degree (= of the most serious kind)
- first-degree murder
- third-degree (= very serious) burns
- slowly and gradually
- By degrees their friendship grew into love.
- extremely; to an extreme degree
Extra Examples- By slow degrees, the company’s turnover dwindled to nothing.
- Candidates must have at least an upper second class honours degree.
- Candidates must hold a professional degree in architecture.
- He took a degree in law then joined a law firm.
- 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.
- I turned the wheel 90 degrees,
- If you study the sky through 360 degrees you will see a whole range of colours.
- It was possible to date these remains with a fair degree of accuracy.
- Place the shelf at a 90 degree angle to the wall.
- Psychologists examined her to assess the degree of her illness.
- She allowed us a considerable degree of freedom.
- She earned a joint degree in Spanish and Psychology.
- Temperatures inside the burning building are estimated to have reached 600 degrees centigrade.
- The University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
- The book fails to answer the question with any acceptable degree of certainty.
- The boss sometimes follows her instincts to a dangerous degree.
- The camera turned through 180 degrees.
- The car had spun through 180 degrees on impact.
- The children tested her patience to the nth degree.
- The party leaders were all found to be corrupt in varying degrees.
- The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and, to a lesser degree, small businesses.
- There is a degree of risk in any sport.
- These products don’t get the same degree of testing as officially approved medications.
- They work hard, but with varying degrees of success.
- Today we rely on computer technology to an unprecedented degree.
- Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
- We all tried to find out about the bus service, with varying degrees of success.
- We were all disappointed to a greater or lesser degree.
- a degree in economics
- a degree-level course
- a joint honours degree in Business Studies and Modern Languages
- employees of various degrees of ability
- institutions that grant doctoral degrees
- keen amateurs who work hard, with varying degrees of success
- people educated to degree level or beyond
- the utmost degree of freedom
- I agree with you to a certain degree.
- To what degree can parents be held responsible for a child’s behaviour?
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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