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Degrees

/dɪˈɡɹiːz/

A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)

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noun

1
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
"She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree."
2
A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
"A right angle is a ninety-degree angle."
3
A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
"180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius."
4
The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
"A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2."

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stagenoun	A phase.
pointnoun	A small dot or mark.
gradenoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
levelnoun	A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
arcdegreenoun	(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
academic degree	An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
academicnoun	A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
angles	one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period.
captionsnoun	A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
certificatesnoun	(education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
classesnoun	(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
credentialsnoun	(computing, networking) login data
degnoun	(mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree. [(education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)]
diplomanoun	A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
diplomasnoun	A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
doctoratesnoun	The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
echelonsnoun	A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
extentnoun	A range of values or locations.
extentsnoun	A range of values or locations.
gradesnoun	Grammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school.