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Music pulled me like a gravitational force. I entered college as a physics major but left as a Bachelor of Music, a degree with the same practical application as, say, one in the History of Chinese Poetry.
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Meaning of "degree" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEGREE

From Old French degre, from Latin de- + gradus step, grade.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEGREE

degree  [dɪˈɡriː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEGREE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Degree is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEGREE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of degree in the English dictionary

The first definition of degree in the dictionary is a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity. Other definition of degree is an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction. Degree is also any of the categories into which a crime is divided according to its seriousness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEGREE


agree
əˈɡriː
congree
kənˈɡriː
disagree
ˌdɪsəˈɡriː
filagree
ˈfɪləˌɡriː
filigree
ˈfɪlɪˌɡriː
gree
ɡriː
grigri
ˈɡriːɡriː
gris-gris
ˈɡriːɡriː
mistigris
ˈmɪstɪɡriː
nondegree
ˌnɒndɪˈɡriː
pagri
ˈpʌɡriː
pedigree
ˈpɛdɪˌɡriː
second-degree
ˌsekənddɪˈɡriː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEGREE

degradingly
degranulation
degras
degreasant
degrease
degreaser
degree ceremony
degree course
degree day
degree mill
degree of difficulty
degree of freedom
degree-day
degreed
degreeless
degrees of comparison
degrees of frost
degression
degressive
degressively

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEGREE

arts degree
Bachelor of Arts degree
Bachelor of Science degree
bachelor´s degree
doctor´s degree
external degree
first-class honours degree
first degree
general degree
higher degree
honors degree
honours degree
master´s degree
ordinary degree
paper filigree
second-class honours degree
third class honours degree
third degree
to a degree
to the nth degree
university degree

Synonyms and antonyms of degree in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEGREE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «degree» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of degree

Translation of «degree» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEGREE

Find out the translation of degree to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of degree from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «degree» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

程度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grado
570 millions of speakers

English

degree
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डिग्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دَرَجَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

степень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিগ্রী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

licence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ijazah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

程度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Degree
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mức độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पदवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

derece
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grado
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stopień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ступінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nivel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαθμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

graad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of degree

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEGREE»

The term «degree» is very widely used and occupies the 3.120 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEGREE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «degree» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «degree» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about degree

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10 QUOTES WITH «DEGREE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word degree.
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Brian Acton
My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family history. Maybe that eventually rubbed off on me a little bit.
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Felix Adler
In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of labor, it is but natural that material interests should absorb the attention of the people to a degree elsewhere unknown.
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Paul Allen
Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously.
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Aristotle
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
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Donovan Bailey
I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.
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Theodore Bikel
I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do.
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Marshall Brickman
Music pulled me like a gravitational force. I entered college as a physics major but left as a Bachelor of Music, a degree with the same practical application as, say, one in the History of Chinese Poetry.
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James E. Casey
One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.
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Lincoln Chafee
Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.
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John Bates Clark
The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEGREE»

Discover the use of degree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to degree and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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212: The Extra Degree
212 degrees the extra degree is an inspiring book with a singular focus on the essential fundamental of effort-- the primary fundamental that feeds all others.
Sam Parker, 2005
2
3rd Degree
The 3rd novel in James Patterson's Women's Murder Club series.
James Patterson, 2011
3
Third Degree: A Novel
A tale spanning a traumatic single day follows Liz Pike, who awakens in her small-town home to discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims is an IRS audit.
Greg Iles, 2007
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Witch School First Degree: Lessons in the Correllian Tradition
This three-volume teaching series will prepare you for initiation into all three degrees of Correllian Wicca. The first book introduces Wicca as a spiritual path and what it means to be a Witch.
Donald Lewis-Highcorrell, 2008
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The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from ...
Is it possible to lead well when you’re not the top dog? How about if the person you work for is a bad leader? The answer is a resounding yes! Welcome to The 360° Leader.
John C. Maxwell, 2011
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Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the ...
One of Australia's most eminent anthropologists details the secret and sacred practices of Australian Aboriginal shamans, documenting a rapidly vanishing indigenous culture.
A. P. Elkin, 1993
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360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word
Vital principles and fresh insights for biblical preaching today. Concludes with a sermon evaluation form and a sample sermon produced according to Quicke's model.
Michael J. Quicke, 2003
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Photography degree zero: reflections on Roland Barthes's ...
An essential guide to an essential book, this first anthology on Camera Lucida offers critical perspectives on Barthes's influential text.
Geoffrey Batchen, 2009
9
Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree
Originally published in France in 1982, Gerard Genette's PALIMPSESTS examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts on the same document.
G‰rard Genette, 1997
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360 Degree Feedback & Performance Management System
This is a competency era.
T V Rao, Raju Rao, Gopal Mahapatra, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEGREE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term degree is used in the context of the following news items.
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A college degree can make it harder to buy a home
In 30 of the top 100 markets in the country, saving for a 20% down payment is faster without a college degree, according to a new study from ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
2
Scott Walker's Lack Of Degree Doesn't Matter
Scott Walker's lack of a college degree is no weakness as he prepares for his presidential run, a pair of political science professors argue in ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
3
Boy, 12, charged with 1st-degree murder in Omaha shooting
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has been charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man in Omaha, Nebraska. The boy ... «The Tand D.com, Jul 15»
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Honorary degree for campaigner
Meanwhile, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered the first radio pulsars, has received an honorary science degree from Edinburgh ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Man charged with first degree murder in 1994 death of infant
Stratford police have charged Christopher Skinner, 43, with first degree murder in connection to the 1994 death of an 18-month-old girl. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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John McRae to be charged with 2nd-degree murder in city's 4th …
A 70-year-old Ottawa man will be charged with second-degree murder after the Tuesday evening stabbing death of his son, the city's fourth ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Probationer Charged with 1st-Degree Murder – Dotson Blames Judge
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office has issued warrants for first-degree murder and armed criminal action against ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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College degree helps to earn more money
Associate degree holders like Fisher earn roughly $10,200 more than someone with only a high school diploma and further contribute to the ... «Wharton Journal Spectator, Jul 15»
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Grundig Partners with Immervision to Develop 360-Degree Camera
360o View: The camera provides a 360 degree view of the area where it's installed. There's an added functionality of shifting the view to 180o, ... «IFSEC Global, Jul 15»
10
Fayetteville principal back at home after suffering third-degree burns
Fayetteville, N.C. — The principal of Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville was back at home Tuesday after suffering third-degree burns at a ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»

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