degree
degree Lexical Profile
degree Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.
"The project requires a high degree of precision and technical skill."
An academic rank or title conferred by a college or university after the successful completion of a course of study or as an honorary distinction.
"She earned her master's degree in environmental science last spring."
A unit of measurement for angles, equal to 1/360 of the circumference of a circle, or a unit on a temperature scale such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
"Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius under standard atmospheric pressure."
A step or stage in a process, course, or relative social, legal, or moral scale.
"He was convicted of murder in the first degree after a lengthy trial."
In algebra, the highest power of a variable or sum of exponents in a polynomial expression; in music, the relative position of a note within a scale.
"A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree."
• Rhymes for degree
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French degre, derived from Vulgar Latin degradus ('a step down'), combining Latin de- ('down') and gradus ('step, pace, grade').