| NOUN | attribute | degree, grade, level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |
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| state | degree, level, stage, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | |
| communication | degree, academic degree | an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study | |
| quantity | degree, arcdegree | a measure for arcs and angles | |
| cognition | degree | the highest power of a term or variable | |
| quantity | degree | a unit of temperature on a specified scale | |
| attribute | degree | the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) |
| Sounds | dihgriy' | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality. | |
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| Example | "it is all a matter of degree" | |
| Synonyms | grade, level | |
| Attributes | high | Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount |
| intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree | |
| low | less than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
| mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force | |
| Narrower | amplitude level | The level on a scale of amplitude |
| depth | degree of psychological or intellectual profundity | |
| extreme | The furthest or highest degree of something | |
| grind | The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground | |
| high | A lofty level or position or degree | |
| highness | A high degree (of amount or force etc.) | |
| immoderation, immoderateness | The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | |
| intensity, intensiveness | high level or degree | |
| low | A low level or position or degree | |
| lowness | A low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) | |
| moderation, moderateness | Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes / extremes | |
| quality, caliber, calibre | A degree or grade of excellence / excellence or worth | |
| sun protection factor, SPF | The degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun | |
| Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| Spanish | grado, nivel | |
| Catalan | grau, nivell | |
| Meaning | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. | |
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| Example | "a remarkable degree of frankness" | |
| Synonyms | level, stage, point | |
| Narrower | acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top | The highest level or degree attainable |
| climax | The most severe stage / stage of a disease | |
| extent | The point or degree to which something extends | |
| ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress | |
| plane | A level of existence or development | |
| quickening | The stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus | |
| resultant, end point | The final / final point in a process | |
| standard of living, living standards, standard of life | A level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group | |
| state of the art | The highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time | |
| ultimacy, ultimateness | The state or degree of being ultimate | |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Spanish | etapa, fase, grado, nivel, punto, tramo | |
| Catalan | etapa, fase, grau, nivell, punt | |
| Meaning | A measure for arcs and angles. | |
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| Example | "there are 360 degrees in a circle" | |
| Synonym | arcdegree | |
| Part of | oxtant | A unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant |
| sextant | A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees | |
| Parts | minute, arcminute, minute of arc | A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree |
| Broader | angular unit | A unit of measurement for angles |
| Spanish | grado | |
| Catalan | grau | |
| Meaning | The highest power of a term or variable. | |
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| Narrower | degree of a polynomial | The degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree |
| degree of a term | The sum of the exponents of the variables in the term | |
| first degree | A degree of one | |
| Broader | exponent, power, index | A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
| Spanish | grado | |
| Catalan | grau | |
| Meaning | A unit of temperature on a specified scale. | |
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| Example | "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" | |
| Narrower | degree Fahrenheit, F | A degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature |
| degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C | A degree on the centigrade scale of temperature | |
| Broader | temperature unit | A unit of measurement for temperature |
| Spanish | diploma, grado | |
| Catalan | diploma, grau | |
| Meaning | The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime). | |
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| Broader | magnitude | The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
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