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first-degree

first-de·gree
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [furst dih-gree]
    • /fɜrst dɪˈgri/
    • /fɜːst dɪˈɡriː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [furst dih-gree]
    • /fɜrst dɪˈgri/

Definitions of first-degree word

  • adjective first-degree of or relating to the lowest or first in a series. 1
  • adjective first-degree of or relating to the highest or most serious in a series. 1
  • adjective first-degree First-degree. Compare second-degree, third-degree and fourth-degree. 0
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Parts of speech for First-degree

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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first-degree popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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    a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.

  • first-degree murder

    Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)

  • malice aforethought

    a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder).

  • murder

    Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)

  • murder one

    first-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
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