degree
- degree
n.
academic title
1) to award a degree to; to confer a degree on
2) to do (BE), earn, receive, take a degree
3) an academic; advanced, graduate, postgraduate (esp. BE); college degree
4) an earned; honorary degree
5) a bachelor's; doctoral, doctor's; master's degree
6) (BE) a good degree ('a first or upper second at a British university')
7) a degree in (to take a degree in history)
extent
level
8) to achieve a degree (to achieve a high degree of proficiency)
9) a great, high, large; slight degree
10) to a degree (to a high degree)
form of an adjective or adverb
11) the comparative; positive; superlative degree
misc.
12) by degrees ('gradually'); (BE; colloq.) to a degree ('to a very high degree')
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[dɪ'griː]
college degree
doctor's
doctoral
honorary degree
master's degree
slight degree
superlative degree
take a degree
to confer a degree on
(BE; colloq.) to a degree
postgraduate
['academic title'] to award a degree to
['form of an adjective or adverb'] the comparative
a bachelor's
a great
an academic
an earned
(BE) a good degree
['misc. '] by degrees
to do
to a degree
['extent'] ['level'] to achieve a degree
a degree in
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