degree

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
noun a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
noun an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.

"Set fair, and seventy degrees Fahrenheit. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie
Zola had it, in his degree. — Dostoevsky, André Gide
Heatherlegh's treatment was simple to a degree. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

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