1. (noun)degree, grade, level a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
2. (noun)degree, level, stage, point a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
3. (noun)academic degree, degree an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
4. (noun)degree, arcdegree a measure for arcs and angles "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
5. (noun)degree the highest power of a term or variable
6. (noun)degree a unit of temperature on a specified scale "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
7. (noun)degree the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
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