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01. Her mother has a [degree] in Behavioral Psychology.
02. She got a good job in advertising after completing her [degree] in graphic design.
03. Millard Fuller once said that it's not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college [degree]; it's what you do with your life that counts.
04. Clive James once said that everyone has a right to a university [degree] in America even if it's in Hamburger Technology.
05. He was arrested for first [degree] murder.
06. A young teenager received second [degree] burns after a fireworks accident over the weekend.
07. Michael Korda once said that your chances of success are directly proportional to the [degree] of pleasure you get from what you do.
08. Minus forty [degrees] Celsius is almost exactly the same as minus forty [degrees] Fahrenheit.
09. The great horned owl can turn its head 270 [degrees].
10. The hottest inhabited place in the world is Djibouti, capital of the Republic of Djibouti, Africa, where the average temperature is 30 [degrees] Celsius.
11. The world's coldest inhabited place in the world is Norilsk, Russia where the average temperature is -10.9 [degrees] Celsius.
12. [Degrees] of resemblance exist among related species, such as different species of cats.
13. The perception of beauty is influenced to some [degree] by subjective components which are culturally dependent.
14. Emile Durkheim believed that suicide rates among different groups differed according to the [degree] of integration of the groups into society.
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Degree — may refer to: Contents 1 As a unit of measurement 2 In mathematics 3 In education … Wikipedia
Degree — De*gree , n. [F. degr[ e], OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See {Degrade}.] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
degree — de·gree n 1: a step in a direct line of descent or in the line of ascent to a common ancestor 2 a: a measure of the seriousness of a crime see also fifth degree, first degree, f … Law dictionary
dégréé — dégréé, ée (dé gré é, ée) part. passé. Un vaisseau dégréé … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
degree — noun 1 measurement of angles VERB + DEGREE ▪ rotate, spin, turn ▪ I turned the wheel 90 degrees, PREPOSITION ▪ through … degrees ▪ … Collocations dictionary
degree — n. academic title 1) to award a degree to; to confer a degree on 2) to do (BE), earn, receive, take a degree 3) an academic; advanced, graduate, postgraduate (esp. BE); college degree 4) an earned; honorary degree 5) a bachelor s; doctoral,… … Combinatory dictionary
degree — degreed, adj. degreeless, adj. /di gree /, n. 1. any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. 2. a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her… … Universalium
degree — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French degré, from Vulgar Latin *degradus, from Latin de + gradus Date: 13th century 1. a step or stage in a process, course, or order of classification < advanced by degrees > 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Degree — A man s degree was his rank or station in the medieval world. Magnates disputed precedence at the highest level in the king s household, when the higher ranked had better access to the king. Degree determined where one sat at the king s table if… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
degree — 1. One of the divisions on the scale of a measuring instrument such as a thermometer, barometer, etc. See Comparative Temperature Scales appendix. See scale. 2. The 360th part of the circumference of a circle. 3. A position or … Medical dictionary
degree — See: TO A DEGREE, TO THE NTH DEGREE … Dictionary of American idioms
