degree
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- noun
- /dɪˈɡri/
:
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- It's over 30 degrees here.
- degrees Celsius
- degrees Fahrenheit
- temperature of degrees
Just because you can't heat up the oceans to this degree without messing things up, right?
- Just because you can't heat up the oceans to this degree without messing things up, right?
- OK, so we basically went up like a degree a minute on the chair.
- It's usually pretty cold in the in the spacecraft being a few degrees colder than normal.
- It should be cooling, but it's rising like a percent degree every freaking year.
Examples
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As we drop into the ocean, the water is a cool 75 degrees and clear.
Academic text (2011) -
During the days, temperatures commonly soar to more than 100 degrees, and the heat-wrinkled air blurs the horizon.
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What is it, like a hundred degrees outside?
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It's two degrees above freezing down there.
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It's like, 20 degrees and windy here.
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Within an hour, she had a 101-degree temperature.
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The temperature that day peaked at 98 degrees; the heat index was over 110.
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Permafrost is land that stays at or below 0 degrees Celsius year-round for at least two straight years.
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Temperatures fluctuated between 130 degrees and 150 degrees Fahrenheit during the first three months of composting, then declined.
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The forecast predicts it will reach a sweltering degree of one hundred tomorrow afternoon.
Synonyms
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A unit for measuring temperature on the Celsius scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100
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A unit of temperature on the Fahrenheit scale used mainly in the United States
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A unit of temperature on the Celsius scale
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A degree on the Celsius temperature scale
A short form of degree used to measure angles or temperature
Idioms
Compounds
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A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
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A unit for measuring temperature on the Celsius scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100
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A unit of temperature on the Fahrenheit scale used mainly in the United States
- Specialized
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A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- Formal
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A title a university gives to show respect for someone's work without study or exams
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A qualification that a college gives after about two years of study, shorter than a bachelor's degree
- Specialized
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The number of different ways an object can move or be positioned
- Specialized
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The number of values that can change freely in a statistical calculation
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A certificate from a college or university that shows someone finished a course of study
- Specialized
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A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
- Specialized
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A measure of how much outside temperature is below or above a set level to estimate building energy needs
- Offensive
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An organization that gives degrees for little or no study and is not officially recognised
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The highest university award for advanced study and research, often called a PhD
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A university undergraduate degree given to students with the highest grades
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A form of an adjective or adverb that shows one thing is more than another
- UK
The day when a university celebrates students finishing their studies with a formal ceremony
- Offensive
A rude joke phrase people use to say someone has a lot of experience with sex
A university qualification that universities give for better results and extra study
- Specialized
The base form of an adjective or adverb that shows a quality without comparison
- Specialized
The form of a describing word that shows the most of a quality, like smartest or most beautiful
How Hot
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Degree comes from the Latin root gradus, which means 'step'. Think of a thermometer as a line of small steps—each degree is one step on the scale, which is why we use it to measure temperature.