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first de·gree

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. first degreenoun

    a degree of one

    "all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree"

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  1. first degree

    In varying contexts, the term "first degree" connotes different meanings. In education, this usually refers to a bachelor's degree, which is typically the initial level of degree students earn in their academic journey after high school. In the field of crimes, particularly in the United States, first degree denotes the most severe level of a crime, such as first degree murder. Additionally, in burns, a first degree burn is the least severe, affecting only the outer layer of the skin.

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  1. First Degree

    First Degree was a 9 part drama series made by BBC Wales which aired in 2002. The series followed the lives, trials and tribulations of students in the fictional Bay College, one of several hi-tech media schools owned and run by an enigmatic entrepreneur based in Sacramento, California known only as The Founder. A Big Brother-style virtual eye roves to every corner of the campus 24 hours a day, tracking student movements, while lecturers control their destinies by hatching underhand plots.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of first degree in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of first degree in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of first degree in a Sentence

  1. Michael David:

    Let me be clear, I'm not criticizing the Me Too movement. I'm criticizing the DA's office, they had evidence that the victim had repeatedly lied under oath about virtually everything and, rather than presenting that evidence, they -- given the climate -- brought forth first-degree rape charges.

  2. Michael Stark:

    This [first-degree murder] charge derived because Baltimore can’t get gun violence under control, so they bigfoot every gun case, whether it’s a shooting or possession.

  3. Police Superintendent David Brown:

    He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder.

  4. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey:

    The attack and ambush [were] perpetrated by a violent, career criminal, with a history of 40 charges for crimes including drug trafficking, aggravated assault while discharging a firearm, battery on a law enforcement officer, and attempted first-degree felony murder.

  5. Merlin Figama Worshipper:

    Never ever judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad deeds or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back up on his/her conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.

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