Degree

  • 21degree — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French degré, from Vulgar Latin *degradus, from Latin de + gradus Date: 13th century 1. a step or stage in a process, course, or order of classification < advanced by degrees > 2 …

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  • 22degree — 01. Her mother has a [degree] in Behavioral Psychology. 02. She got a good job in advertising after completing her [degree] in graphic design. 03. Millard Fuller once said that it s not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college [degree]; it&#8230; …

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  • 23Degree — (Roget s Thesaurus) &GT;Relative quantity. &LT; N PARAG:Degree &GT;N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 degree degree grade extent measure amount ratio stint standard height pitch Sgm: N 1 reach reach …

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  • 24degree — de•gree [[t]dɪˈgri[/t]] n. 1) any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale 2) cvb a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy[/ex] …

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  • 25degree — /dəˈgri / (say duh gree) noun 1. a step or stage in an ascending or descending scale, or in a course or process. 2. Genetics, Law, etc. a certain distance or remove in the line of descent or consanguinity. 3. a stage in a scale of rank or&#8230; …

  • 26degree — n. 1 a stage in an ascending or descending scale, series, or process. 2 a stage in intensity or amount (to a high degree; in some degree). 3 relative condition (each is good in its degree). 4 Math. a unit of measurement of angles, one ninetieth&#8230; …

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  • 27degree*/*/*/ — [dɪˈgriː] noun 1) [C] a unit for measuring temperature, that is often shown as a number followed by the symbol ° It will probably be a few degrees colder by the weekend.[/ex] 2) [C] a unit for measuring angles, that is often shown as a number&#8230; …

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  • 28degree — градус c degree градус по Цельсию degree c градус по Цельсию zero degree нулевой градус color degree градус цветности degree celsius градус по Цельсию …

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  • 29Degree — A man s degree was his rank or station in the medieval world. Magnates disputed precedence at the highest level in the king s household, when the higher ranked had better access to the king. Degree determined where one sat at the king s table if&#8230; …

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  • 30degree — 1. One of the divisions on the scale of a measuring instrument such as a thermometer, barometer, etc. See Comparative Temperature Scales appendix. See scale. 2. The 360th part of the circumference of a circle. 3. A position or …

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