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a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
it is all a matter of degree
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a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
a remarkable degree of frankness
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an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
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a unit of temperature on a specified scale
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
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a measure for arcs and angles
there are 360 degrees in a circle
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the highest power of a term or variable
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the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
murder in the second degree
a second degree burn
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