degrees

de-grees · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (plural of degree) Units of measurement for angles or temperature.

  2. 2.

    Academic qualifications awarded by universities.

  3. 3.

    Levels or stages of intensity, amount, or quality.

  4. 4.

    Steps in a scale or series.

Related words

See also: angle, degree, level, temperature
Synonyms: grades, levels, measures, stages

Etymology

Plural of degree, from Old French degré (modern French degré), from Vulgar Latin degradus, from Latin de- (down) + gradus (step). The original sense was "a step" or "stair," which evolved to mean stages or levels of any kind.