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Meaning of "ordinary degree" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORDINARY DEGREE

ordinary degree  [ˈɔːdənərɪ dɪˈɡriː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORDINARY DEGREE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ordinary 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 ORDINARY DEGREE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied in other countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ghana, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago. Whereas grade point averages are different from the British undergraduate degree classes, the Latin honours system used in the United States is different from the British system, but has some similarities.

Definition of ordinary degree in the English dictionary

The definition of ordinary degree in the dictionary is a university degree without honours.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORDINARY DEGREE


agree
əˈɡriː
congree
kənˈɡriː
degree
dɪˈɡriː
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 ORDINARY DEGREE

ordinal number
ordinal scale
ordinally
ordinance
ordinand
ordinant
ordinaries
ordinarily
ordinariness
ordinary
Ordinary grade
ordinary lay
Ordinary level
Ordinary National Certificate
Ordinary National Diploma
ordinary rating
ordinary ray
ordinary seaman
ordinary shares
ordinate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORDINARY 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
paper filigree
pass degree
second-class honours degree
third class honours degree
third degree
to a degree
to the nth degree
university degree

Synonyms and antonyms of ordinary degree in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ordinary degree» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORDINARY DEGREE

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The translations of ordinary 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 «ordinary degree» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

普通学位
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grado ordinario
570 millions of speakers

English

ordinary degree
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साधारण डिग्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

درجة العادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обычная степень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grau ordinário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ ডিগ্রি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

degré ordinaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ijazah biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gewöhnliche Maß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通常の学位
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일반 도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gelar biasa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mức độ bình thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாதாரண பட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य पदवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıradan derece
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laurea ordinaria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwykły stopień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звичайна ступінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grad obișnuit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνηθισμένο βαθμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gewone graad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vanlig grad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanlig grad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ordinary degree

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDINARY DEGREE»

The term «ordinary degree» is normally little used and occupies the 128.903 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDINARY DEGREE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ordinary degree» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ordinary 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 ordinary degree

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORDINARY DEGREE»

Discover the use of ordinary degree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ordinary degree and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Women at Cambridge
degree). Until the end of the Second World War, there were two avenues by which a student could reach a BA degree at Cambridge; an Honours (Tripos) course and an Ordinary degree course, success in the Previous (Little-Go) or equivalent ...
Rita McWilliams Tullberg, 1998
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British Qualifications: A Complete Guide to Educational, ...
At Cambridge, a 'Special' is an Ordinary degree, of much lower level, for non- Honours candidates, taken in several subjects. The first degree structure in all British universities is based on the Honours degree. Most graduates who go on to  ...
Kogan Page, 2004
3
University of St. Andrews
Ordinary Degree. Candidates for an ordinary degree should be subjected to the following examination : — Ordinary Degree. In Latin, on the 24th and 25th books of Livy, on the 4th, 6th, and 9th books of the JSneid, and a play of Terence.
Great Britain. Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland, 1837
4
University of St. Andrews. [2], xxiv, 432, [2] p
Ordinary Degree. Candidates for an ordinary degree should be subjected to the following examination :— In Latin, on the 2-tth and 25th books of Livy, on the 4th, 6th, and 9th books of the Eneid, and a play of Terence. In Greek, on the 7th book  ...
Great Britain. Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland, 1837
5
The University of Glasgow, 1451-1996
A new three-year M.A. Ordinary degree still required seven passes, all in first- year Ordinary classes, but with choice - Latin or Greek, Logic or Moral Philosophy , Mathematics or Natural Philosophy; a further subject from these six or Chemistry ; ...
Alfred Lawson Brown, Michael S. Moss, 1996
6
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
That under such condition of the system, haemorrhage may take place, though the uterus be contracted in the ordinary degree; for the increase of velocity of the blood, will perhaps more than compensate for the diminution of the calibres of the  ...
‎1831
7
Scottish Education in the Twentieth Century
Scottish evidence to the Robbins committee also made this link, although the report of the committee had little to say on either the Ordinary Degree specifically or the Scottish curricular tradition generally (Committee on Higher Education ...
Lindsay Paterson, 2003
8
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, or Quadripartite. ... Newly ...
And when the degrees of two planets, or more, may closely and equally approximate in numerical denomination to the ordinary degree found by the Doctrine of Ascensions, the degree of that planet which possesses further claims,  ...
Ptolemy, J. M. ASHMAND, Philip RANGER, 1822
9
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, Or Quadripartite: Being Four Books of ...
But when two planets, or more, may be equally qualified in the manner prescribed, it must be seen which of them may transit, during the parturition, a degree nearest in number to the ordinary degree shewn by the Doctrine of Ascensions to be ...
Claudius Ptolemaeus (Alexandrinus), Proclus (Diadochus), J.M. Ashmand, 1822
10
Micro-Syntactic Variation in North American English
Jamie was stressed enough to eat some cookies. enough: NPI OK Ordinary degree so licenses a finite, positive extent clause, as shown in (92), which has a paraphrase similar to that of (90): (92) Ordinary degree so: finite, positive extent ...
Raffaella Zanuttini, Laurence R. Horn, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORDINARY DEGREE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ordinary degree is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Federalist Papers No. 81: Alexander Hamilton
... abolish the trial by jury; and that an ordinary degree of prudence and integrity in the national councils will insure us solid advantages from the ... «The Moral Liberal, Jul 15»
2
Nicola Sturgeon's Achilles Heel
At the time of the Robbins university expansion in the 1960s, most students in Scotland undertook a three-year ordinary degree, and another ... «BQ Live, Jun 15»
3
Overqualified: Workers who know too much
Adults with a higher certificate or ordinary degree earn 31 per cent more, according to OECD data. On an individual level, then, there is a strong ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
4
In pictures: Why TfL escalator and lift work can take so long
It all boils down to the fact these escalators and lifts aren't subjected to an ordinary degree of wear and tear, according to Transport for London ... «City A.M., May 15»
5
Margaret Mary McGhee
... Margaret also contributed to the teaching of Latin and French, a testament to the breadth and depth of the Glasgow MA Ordinary Degree. «Herald Scotland, May 15»
6
Guide to business courses
Graduates can progress to the ordinary degree programme and the honours degree and can go on to gain exemptions from the professional ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
7
Digital Skills Academy opens in Africa
Courses are open to anyone with an ordinary degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline or an Honours Degree or equivalent ... «ITWeb Africa, Mar 15»
8
Woman sues GPH for negligence
... competent medical practitioners, exercising ordinary degree of professional skill to ensure a safe performance of total replacement operation, ... «Mmegi Online, Mar 15»
9
CAO picks show demand for building, law, and dentistry
Level 7/6 (Ordinary degree / diploma) 2015 ... an increasing number appear to be disregarding options at level 6/7 (ordinary degree/diploma), ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
10
Can Brands Be Enlightened?
Youth brands, in particular, are micro-managed to an extra-ordinary degree - every change in direction is considered, a myriad of ideas are ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ordinary degree [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ordinary-degree>. May 2024 ».
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