degree
Definition of degree:
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part of speech: noun
A portion of space taken as a unit of measure, as a degree of latitude; the 360th part of the circumference of a circle; a division on a mathematical or other instrument; a stage in progression; rank or station in society; relationship in blood; measure or extent; an interval of sound; rank or title conferred by a university: by degrees, step by step; gradually.
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Common misspellings:
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- dregee (1.9%)
- dregree (4.9%)
- digree (3.7%)
- degreet (0.6%)
- degeree (0.9%)
- doree (0.3%)
- dergee (1.9%)
- dgree (19.1%)
- dec (0.3%)
- drgree (2.5%)
- debree (1.2%)
- degress (3.7%)
- dagree (8.0%)
- egree (0.6%)
- degee (9.0%)
- techniqes (0.3%)
- djree (0.6%)
- degreee (17.6%)
- degrece (0.6%)
- deegree (1.2%)
- degreen (0.6%)
- degrre (0.6%)
- deg (2.5%)
- deree (2.5%)
- dergree (1.2%)
- defree (1.2%)
- gegree (0.6%)
- 1degree (0.3%)
- degre (9.9%)
- degrese (0.3%)
- degrtee (0.6%)
- edegree (0.6%)
Usage examples for degree:
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" Most of us have it to some degree but we of Bortinot have it still more.
"Earthsmith" – Milton Lesser -
That 's more than a difference in degree it 's a difference in kind.
"Roderick Hudson" – Henry James -
Seth was in the highest degree excited.
"An Amateur Fireman" – James Otis -
Does he return your friendship in equal degree do you think?
"The House of Toys" – Henry Russell Miller
