· a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"

Synonym(s): grade, level

Hypernym(s): property

· a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

Synonym(s): level, stage, point

Hypernym(s): state

· 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"

Synonym(s): academic_degree

Hypernym(s): award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels

· a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"

Synonym(s): arcdegree

Hypernym(s): angular_unit

· the highest power of a term or variable

Hypernym(s): exponent, power, index

· a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"

Hypernym(s): temperature_unit

· the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

Hypernym(s): magnitude