Word
Degree
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
de-gree
Definition
- n. - A step, stair, or staircase.
- n. - One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in
quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression;
grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow
degrees; degree of comparison.
- n. - The point or step of progression to which a person has
arrived; rank or station in life; position.
- n. - Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ
in kind as well as in degree.
- n. - Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college
or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of
bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.
- n. - A certain distance or remove in the line of descent,
determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of
relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.
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