degree
(noun)
noun
1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- it is all a matter of degree
Definition categories: attribute, property
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a remarkable degree of frankness
Similar word(s): level, point, stage
Definition categories: state
3. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
- he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
Definition categories: communication, accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels
4. a measure for arcs and angles
- there are 360 degrees in a circle
Definition categories: quantity
5. the highest power of a term or variable
Definition categories: thought, exponent, index, power
6. a unit of temperature on a specified scale
- the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
Definition categories: quantity
7. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
- murder in the second degree
- a second degree burn
Definition categories: attribute, magnitude
Sentences with degree as a noun:
- To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
- She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
- A right angle is a ninety degree angle.
- Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
- 90 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 32.2 degrees Celsius.
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.