Meaning of degree In English

• 0 (an) amount or level of something:

  • This job demands a high degree of skill.

  • There isn't the slightest degree of doubt that he's innocent.

  • I have to warn you that there's a degree of (= some) danger involved in this.

  • The number of terrorist attacks has increased to a terrifying degree.

  • There was some degree of truth in what she said.

  • To what degree do you think we will be providing a better service?

  • "That's really bad." "Well, it's all a matter/question of degree (= there are other things better and other things worse)."

• 1 any of various units of measurement, especially of temperature or angles, usually shown by the symbol ° written after a number:

  • a difference of three degrees

  • Water boils at 212° Fahrenheit and 100° Celsius/Centigrade.

  • A right angle is an angle of 90°.

  • New York is on a latitude of 41°N and a longitude of 74°W.

• 2 a course of study at a college or university, or the qualification given to a student after he or she has completed his or her studies:

  • She has a physics degree/a degree in physics from Edinburgh.

  • mainly US She has a bachelor's/master's degree in history from Yale.

  • UK "What degree did you do at York?" "Geography."

• 3 used with an ordinal number to show how serious something is:

  • She suffered first-/second-/third-degree (= least serious/serious/very serious) burns on her legs.

  • US He's being charged with first-degree (= the most serious type of) murder.

• 4 an amount or level of something:

  • [ C ] This job demands a high degree of skill.

  • [ C ] The house had also been damaged, but to a lesser degree.

• 5 a unit of measurement of temperature, often shown by the symbol ° written after a number:

  • The temperature is expected to climb to 90° tomorrow.

• 6 a unit of measurement of angles, often shown by the symbol ° written after a number

• 7 an exponent (= number that shows how many times another number is to be multiplied by itself)

• 8 the level of achievement recognized for a student who has completed a course of study at a college or university:

  • She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale.