degree
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
a moderate grade of intelligence
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Sense 2 noun
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
a remarkable degree of frankness
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Sense 3 noun
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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Sense 4 noun
a measure for arcs and angles
there are 360 degrees in a circle
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Parts & wholes
Sense 5 noun
the highest power of a term or variable
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Sense 6 noun
a unit of temperature on a specified scale
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
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Sense 7 noun
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
murder in the second degree
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | high |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | low |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | mild |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | intense |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | property |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caliber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intensiveness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | depth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | high |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | low |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lowness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extreme |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amplitude level |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moderation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immoderation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sun protection factor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ladder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | summit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resultant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | standard of living |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plane |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | state of the art |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ultimacy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quickening |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | honor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | associate degree |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bachelor's degree |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | honours |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | master's degree |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | doctor's degree |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | law degree |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorary degree |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | oxtant |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sextant |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | arcminute |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | angular unit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | index |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | degree of a term |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | degree of a polynomial |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | first degree |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | temperature unit |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | C |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | F |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | magnitude |