degree
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- noun
- /dɪˈɡri/
- That's a very, very large degree of uncertainty.
- a high degree
- varying degrees
- to a greater degree
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Watch on YouTubeGregor is still to some degree a human being.
- Gregor is still to some degree a human being.
- But it does work to some degree with these young people.
- How do we engage in that degree of thermogenesis?
- What we disagree with is the degree to which it is the best.
- All of these people to varying degrees, well, not all of them.
- You are humble to a degree I'm not used to like.
- And sadly, to some degree that is true.
- Humans are to some degree rational and are able to.
- It's, it's less, it's like degrees of unjustness.
- So at that point you still had this degree of security and privacy.
- That's where there's a much greater degree of genetic variability.
- And we have some degree of faith in ourselves, right?
- And if you do it, well, you get a degree of, of reward.
- And there was a degree of, of relief.
- The questions were reflective of a really high degree of homework.
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The Index of Exposure shows the degree to which each pair shares residential space.
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There is normally a greater degree of trust that the manager cannot hope to replicate.
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But it does work to some degree with these young people.
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And then we add in the degree of Labor market protection.
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And there was a degree of, of relief.
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So you do need some degree of, of financial resource.
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What we disagree with is the degree to which it is the best.
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Both President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld experienced some degree of internal conflict on the issue.
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Disabled children should be treated with the same degree of professional concern accorded to non-disabled children.
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To understand the issue fully, we need to assess the degree of impact it has had on the community.
Synonyms
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1.1
A particular stage in a system or idea
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2.7
A level on a scale that shows how good something is
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4.2
A level showing how big or strong something is
Idioms
Compounds
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2.7
A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
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3.1
A unit of temperature on the Fahrenheit scale used mainly in the United States
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2.2
A unit for measuring temperature on the Celsius scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100
- Specialized
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4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
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3.2
A qualification that a college gives after about two years of study, shorter than a bachelor's degree
- Formal
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4.6
A title a university gives to show respect for someone's work without study or exams
- Specialized
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6.8
A measure of how much outside temperature is below or above a set level to estimate building energy needs
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The highest university award for advanced study and research, often called a PhD
- Specialized
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The number of different ways an object can move or be positioned
- Specialized
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A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
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3.2
A certificate from a college or university that shows someone finished a course of study
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4.0
A university qualification that universities give for better results and extra study
- Specialized
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6.7
The number of values that can change freely in a statistical calculation
- Offensive
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9.5
An organization that gives degrees for little or no study and is not officially recognised
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4.1
The form of a describing word that shows the most of a quality, like smartest or most beautiful
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6.3
A university undergraduate degree given to students with the highest grades
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5.5
The day when a university celebrates students finishing their studies with a formal ceremony
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4.6
A form of an adjective or adverb that shows one thing is more than another
- Offensive
A rude joke phrase people use to say someone has a lot of experience with sex
- Specialized
The base form of an adjective or adverb that shows a quality without comparison
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Degree comes from the Latin root gradus, which means 'step' or 'stage'. When we speak of a high degree of something, we mean a higher step or level of that thing.