to that degree
3
3.9
- idiom
:
hasta ese grado
- So to that degree, he will be laying out the choice.
- so to that degree
And to that degree, you know, it seems like an an improvement.
- And to that degree, you know, it seems like an an improvement.
- And so I actually have have a problem when it gets to that degree.
- I don't I, I, I mean, obviously, like so much of my life is on the Internet, but I don't understand people who share to that degree.
- I don't know if people question themselves to that degree always.
- If they, you know, they can control you to that degree.
- I anyone, no matter who they are or what they look like, eating food to that degree, it's disgusting to me.
- I feel to feel compassion to that degree is a huge gift because you've been there, you know what it feels like.
- So I'm to that degree to to which degree is everybody kind of chanting Iac, Iac, like the sheep and animal farm.
- And when you start and to that degree of terror and oppression, I have stopped thinking and I I didn't even know what critical thinking was.
- Like it's really fun for my high school and junior high friends, grammar school, even to that degree friends like give me daps.
- I'm unwilling to subserve my life to my efforts to that degree, but I've come to understand where what I have to contribute.
Examples
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The teacher explained the topic thoroughly, and to that degree, the students felt more confident in their understanding.
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The claims of her words are, to that degree, untested.
Academic text (1994) -
And, and, and at least to that degree, you, you have a, a basis on which I think you could, you could raise concerns.
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The West is actually like that, just not to that degree and not so simple...
Blog text (12) -
And to that degree, you know, it seems like an an improvement.
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So, to that degree, we are not in conscious control of what we are doing almost half the time!
Blog text (17) -
I respect a father who can ignore teenage fights to that degree.
Blog text (19) -
No digital wallet has come close to that degree of ubiquity.
Blog text (33) -
The outpouring of genuine appreciation for the band's performance was something the director had rarely, if ever, experienced to that degree.
Academic text (1997) -
To that degree, this new analysis makes the disruption of intact families easier to justify emotionally, especially for parents who are conscientiously concerned about the welfare of their children.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
98
3.5
As much as something is true or known
35
6.7
To the extent that something is true or happens
14
3.9
As much as someone says or suggests
2
6.0
Only to the degree that something is true
Antonyms
How Much
∞
1.0
11
3.5
3
3.9
- Informal
∞
2.1
885
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to the extent indicated' is directly compositional from 'to' (prepositional marker), 'that' (demonstrative/degree marker) and 'degree' (amount/extent), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer 'to that extent'. This construction follows common cross-linguistic patterns for expressing extent (e.g., 'hasta ese punto', 'à ce degré'), making it immediately transparent.
Etymology
The phrase to that degree comes from the simple idea of measuring: think of a ruler or thermometer where a degree is a mark showing how much. So it now means 'to that extent' or 'that much'.