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Degree Extent Matter Unit Measurement Measure Written Noun

word degree
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You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt .
These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection.
Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success.
You use degree in expressions such as a matter of degree and different in degree to indicate that you are talking about the comparative quantity, scale, or extent of something, rather than other factors .
The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift.
The jobs are different in degree of difficulty.
A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperatures. It is often written as °, for example 23°.
It's over 80 degrees outside.
Pure water sometimes does not freeze until it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius.
A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure angles, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as °, for example 23°.
It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees.
...McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is at 78 degrees South.
A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course.
He took a master's degree in economics at Yale.
...an engineering degree.
...the first year of a degree course.
inflections degrees
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