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di-GREE/dɪˈɡriː/

A degree is a university qualification: a degree in history; do / take / hold a degree. It is also a unit of temperature or angle: 20 degrees Celsius; a 90-degree angle. To a degree / to some degree means partly. Diploma and certificate are other study awards, often shorter. Do not write “a degree of history” — use in.

Meaning

A university qualification, or a unit for measuring temperature or angles.

Examples

• “She has a degree in history.”
• “She completed her degree last summer.”
• “Temperatures fell by five degrees overnight.”

Good to know

a degree in + subject. to some degree = partly. Temperature / angle: degrees. Shorter award: diploma.

Near in meaning

qualification

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