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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•gree /dɪˈgri/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- any of a series of steps or stages;
a point in any scale;
level;
grade:improved by degrees. - extent or scope of an action or state:I go along with them to a certain degree.
- a stage in a scale of rank or station:a lord of high degree.
- Educationan academic title given upon the completion of studies, or as an honorary recognition of achievement:a Master's degree.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of measure, esp. of temperature, marked on the scale of a measuring instrument:The thermometer said it was 26 degrees outside.
- Mathematicsthe 360th part of the circumference of a circle, often represented by the sign °:an angle of 45°.
- Lawthe classification of a crime according to its seriousness:murder in the first degree.
- Grammarone of the set of forms of adjectives and adverbs used to express differences in quality, quantity, or intensity.
Idioms- Idioms by degrees, by easy stages;
gradually.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•gree (di grē′),USA pronunciation n. - any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action;
a point in any scale. - a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression:We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy.
- a stage in a scale of intensity or amount:a high degree of mastery.
- extent, measure, scope, or the like:To what degree will he cooperate?
- a stage in a scale of rank or station;
relative standing in society, business, etc.:His uncouth behavior showed him to be a man of low degree. - Educationan academic title conferred by universities and colleges as an indication of the completion of a course of study, or as an honorary recognition of achievement.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of measure, as of temperature or pressure, marked off on the scale of a measuring instrument:This thermometer shows a scale of degrees between only 20° and 40° C.
- Mathematics[Geom.]the 360th part of a complete angle or turn, often represented by the sign°, as in 45°, which is read as 45 degrees. Cf. angle1 (def. 1c).
- Sportthe distinctive classification of a crime according to its gravity:murder in the first degree.
- Grammarone of the parallel formations of adjectives and adverbs used to express differences in quality, quantity, or intensity. In English, low and careful are the positive degree, lower and more careful are the comparative degree, lowest and most careful are the superlative degree.
- Mathematics
- the sum of the exponents of the variables in an algebraic term:x3 and 2x2y are terms of degree three.
- the term of highest degree of a given equation or polynomial:The expression3x2y + y2 + 1 is of degree three.
- the exponent of the derivative of highest order appearing in a given differential equation.
- Music and Dancea tone or step of the scale.
- Astrologyany of the 360 equal divisions of the ecliptic measured counterclockwise from the vernal equinox. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac contains 30 degrees.
- a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of relationship:a cousin of the second degree.
- [Archaic.]a line or point on the earth or the celestial sphere, as defined by degrees of latitude.
- [Obs.]a step, as of a stair.
- Idioms by degrees, by easy stages;
gradually:She grew angrier by degrees. - Idioms to a degree:
- to a considerable extent;
exceedingly. - to a small extent;
somewhat:He is to a degree difficult to get along with.
- Vulgar Latin *dēgradus; see de-, grade
- Anglo-French, Old French
- Middle English degre 1200–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged step, mark, grade, level, phase.
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