degree

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01noun

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

“a moderate grade of intelligence”

“a high level of care is required”

02noun

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

“a remarkable degree of frankness”

“at what stage are the social sciences?”

03noun

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”

04noun

a measure for arcs and angles

“there are 360 degrees in a circle”

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05noun

the highest power of a term or variable

06noun

a unit of temperature on a specified scale

“the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature”

07noun

the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)

“murder in the second degree”

“a second degree burn”

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