ALL meanings of degree
de·gree
D d - countable noun degree You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt. 4
- noun degree a point or line defined by units of latitude and/or longitude 3
- noun degree a unit on any of several scales of measurement, as for alcohol content or specific gravity 3
- noun degree the highest power or the sum of the powers of any term in a polynomial or by itself 3
- noun degree the greatest power of the highest order derivative in a differential equation 3
- noun degree a step; rung 3
- noun degree a stage in social status or rank 3
- noun degree any of the successive steps or stages in a process or series 3
- noun degree a step in the direct line of descent 3
- noun degree social or official rank, position, or class 3
- noun degree relative condition; manner, respect, or relation 3
- noun degree extent, amount, or relative intensity 3
- noun degree rank as determined by the sum of a term's exponents 3
- noun degree a rank given by a college or university to a student who has completed a required course of study, or to a distinguished person as an honor 3
- noun degree a grade of comparison of adjectives and adverbs 3
- noun degree the seriousness of a crime 3
- noun degree a unit of measure for angles or arcs, one 360th part of the circumference of a circle: the measure of an angle is the number of degrees between its sides considered as radii of a circle 3
- noun degree the relative position of a note within a given scale 3
- noun degree a unit of measure on a scale, as for temperature 3
- noun degree a line marking a degree, as on a thermometer 3
- uncountable noun degree You use degree in expressions such as a matter of degree and different in degree to indicate that you are talking about the comparative quantity, scale, or extent of something, rather than other factors. 3
- countable noun degree A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperatures. It is often written as °, for example 23°. 3
- countable noun degree A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure angles, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as °, for example 23°. 3
- countable noun degree A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course. 3
- noun degree a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity 3
- noun degree an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction (honorary degree) 3
- noun degree any of three categories of seriousness of a burn 3
- noun degree (in the US) any of the categories into which a crime is divided according to its seriousness 3
- noun degree a step in a line of descent, used as a measure of the closeness of a blood relationship 3
- noun degree any of the forms of an adjective used to indicate relative amount or intensity: in English they are positive, comparative, and superlative 3
- noun degree any note of a diatonic scale relative to the other notes in that scale 3
- noun degree a unit of temperature on a specified scale 3
- noun degree a measure of angle equal to one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the angle traced by one complete revolution of a line about one of its ends 3
- noun degree a unit of latitude or longitude, divided into 60 minutes, used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere 3
- noun degree The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present. 1
- noun degree any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. 1
- noun degree a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy. 1
- noun degree a stage in a scale of intensity or amount: a high degree of mastery. 1
- noun degree extent, measure, scope, or the like: To what degree will he cooperate? 1
- noun degree 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. 1
- noun degree Education. an 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. 1
- noun degree a 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. 1
- noun degree Geometry. the 360th part of a complete angle or turn, often represented by the sign°, as in 45°, which is read as 45 degrees. Compare angle1 (def 1c). 1
- noun degree the distinctive classification of a crime according to its gravity: murder in the first degree. 1
- noun degree Grammar. one 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. 1
- noun degree Mathematics. the sum of the exponents of the variables in an algebraic term: x 3 and 2x 2 y are terms of degree three. the term of highest degree of a given equation or polynomial: The expression 3x 2 y + y 2 + 1 is of degree three. the exponent of the derivative of highest order appearing in a given differential equation. 1
- noun degree Music. a tone or step of the scale. 1
- noun degree Astrology. any 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. 1
- noun degree a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of relationship: a cousin of the second degree. 1
- noun degree Archaic. a line or point on the earth or the celestial sphere, as defined by degrees of latitude. 1