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English to English noun
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a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |  | Example: a moderate grade of intelligence
a high level of care is required
it is all a matter of degree
source: wordnet30
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a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | | Example: a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?
source: wordnet30
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an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study | | Example: he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
source: wordnet30
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a measure for arcs and angles | | Example: there are 360 degrees in a circle
source: wordnet30
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the highest power of a term or variable | | source: wordnet30
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a unit of temperature on a specified scale | | Example: the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
source: wordnet30
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the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) | | Example: murder in the second degree
a second degree burn
source: wordnet30
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A step, stair, or staircase. | | source: webster1913
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