ALL meanings of degreed
de·gree
D d - adjective degreed having an academic degree 3
- adjective degreed done by degrees 3
- adjective degreed holding a particular rank or degree of authority 3
- adjective degreed having been awarded a college or university degree 3
- noun degreed 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 degreed 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 degreed 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 degreed the distinctive classification of a crime according to its gravity: murder in the first degree. 1
- noun degreed 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 degreed 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 degreed Music. a tone or step of the scale. 1
- noun degreed 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 degreed a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of relationship: a cousin of the second degree. 1
- noun degreed Archaic. a line or point on the earth or the celestial sphere, as defined by degrees of latitude. 1
- noun degreed Obsolete. a step, as of a stair. 1
- idioms degreed by degrees, by easy stages; gradually: She grew angrier by degrees. 1
- idioms degreed to a degree, to a considerable extent; exceedingly. to a small extent; somewhat: He is to a degree difficult to get along with. 1
- noun degreed Having an academic degree. 1
- noun degreed any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. 1
- noun degreed a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy. 1
- noun degreed a stage in a scale of intensity or amount: a high degree of mastery. 1
- noun degreed extent, measure, scope, or the like: To what degree will he cooperate? 1
- noun degreed 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