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degrees

13 definitions • 26 examples
1
(an) amount or level of something:

Examples:

degree of This job demands a high degree of skill.
There isn't the slightest degree of doubt that he's innocent.
I have to warn you that there's a degree of (= some) danger involved in this.
There was some degree of truth in what she said.
to what degree To what degree do you think we will be providing a better service?
2
a situation that involves varying levels of something rather than two completely different things:

Examples:

"That's really bad." "Well, it's all a matter of degree (= there are other things better and other things worse)."
3
any of various units of measurement, especially of temperature or angles, usually shown by the symbol ° written after a number:

Examples:

a difference of three degrees
degrees Fahrenheit The temperature is given in degrees Fahrenheit.
degrees Celsius Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius.
degrees Fahrenheit/Celsius/Centigrade Water boils at 212°F (212 degrees Fahrenheit) and 100°C (100 degrees Celsius).
A right angle is an angle of 90° (90 degrees).
latitude/longitude of 40, 75, etc. degrees New York is on a latitude of 41°N and a longitude of 74°W.
4
a course of study at a college or university, or the qualification given to a student after he or she has completed his or her studies:

Examples:

degree in She has a degree in physics from Edinburgh.
She graduated with a degree in history.
degree from He has a medical degree from Harvard.
do a degree UK "What degree did you do at York?" "Geography."
5
used with an ordinal number (= first, second, third, etc.) to show how serious something is:

Examples:

He suffered second- and third-degree (= serious and very serious) burns in the incident.
US Some of these people had committed sexual assault, from second-degree to fifth-degree (= serious to not so serious) criminal sexual conduct.
US A fifth-degree felony has a sentence of six months to a year in prison.
6
used with a number to show a measurement, especially of temperature or angles:

Examples:

Bake the pie in a 350-degree (= 350°F) oven.
Lean forward at a 45-degree angle.
7
an amount or level of something:

Examples:

[ C ] This job demands a high degree of skill.
[ C ] The house had also been damaged, but to a lesser degree.
8
a unit of measurement of temperature, often shown by the symbol ° written after a number:

Examples:

The temperature is expected to climb to 90° tomorrow.
9
a unit of measurement of angles, often shown by the symbol ° written after a number
10
an exponent (= number that shows how many times another number is to be multiplied by itself)
11
A degree of a monomial is the total of the exponents in a mathematical statement.
12
A degree of a polynomial is the largest of the exponents in a mathematical statement.
13
the level of achievement recognized for a student who has completed a course of study at a college or university:

Examples:

She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale.

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