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Another word for degree

Noun

  1. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale

    2. See also:

    big

  2. Relative intensity or amount, as of a quality or attribute

    3. See also:

    big

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Another word for degree

Noun

  1. One in a series used for measurement

    2. See also:

    division

  2. An expression of relative excellence, attainment, etc.

    3. See also:

    rank

  3. Recognition of academic achievement

    4. See also:

    graduation

    diploma

Idioms:

    by-degrees

    2. to-a-degree

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Sentence Examples

  • Every child feels displaced to some degree when a new sibling arrives.

  • That made some degree of sense.

  • He was right, to a degree It isn't the past that I'm pitching you, Alex.

  • To some degree, Katie had been right.

  • The only words she had learned to pronounce with any degree of distinctness previous to March, 1890, were PAPA, MAMMA, BABY, SISTER.

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