degreede‧gree /dɪˈɡriː/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.20 degrees Celsius/70 degrees Fahrenheit/1 degree Centigrade etc The temperature dropped to five degrees Centigrade.2[countable] (written abbreviation deg.) a unit for measuring the size of an angle. It can be shown as a symbol after a number. For example, 18° means 18 degrees: Then the cylinder is rotated 180 degrees.3[countable, uncountable] the level or amount of somethingdegree of 1960s Britain was characterised by a greater degree of freedom than before. Newspapers vary in the degree to which they emphasize propaganda rather than information.4to a degree (also to some degree/to a certain degree) partly: To a degree, it is possible to educate oneself. We’re all willing to support him to some degree.5[countable] a course of study at a university or college, or the qualification that is given to you when you have successfully completed the coursedegree in a degree in Economics Applicants must have a degree in Engineering. an Honours degree6by degrees very slowly SYN gradually: By degrees, he forced himself into a sitting position.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 5ADJECTIVES/NOUN + degreea good degree (=that you pass at a good level)· Mature students are more likely to get a good degree.a university/college degree· For many jobs you need to have a university degree.a first-class/second-class/third-class degree (=the level at which you pass a degree at a British university)· She was awarded a first-class degree.an honours degree (=a British university degree that is above pass level)· The ideal candidate will have an honours degree.a first/undergraduate degree (=the lowest level of degree)· First degrees usually take three or four years.a higher/postgraduate degree (=one that you take after a first degree)· He was offered a grant for a postgraduate degree.a master's degree (=a higher degree for which you study for one or two years)· She's taking her master's degree.a science degree (=in a science subject)· The government is encouraging more people to get a science degree.an arts degree (=in a subject that is not science)· She has an arts degree from Sussex University.a history/chemistry/law etc degree· I decided to do a Maths degree.a joint degree British English (=in which you study two subjects)· a joint degree in Economics and Statisticsa research degree (=a higher degree for which you do your own research)verbshave a degree· You will earn more if you have a college degree.hold a degree formal (=have one)· The ideal candidate will hold a degree in physical chemistry.do/take a degree in something (=study for a degree)· Not enough students are taking degrees in Physics.get/gain a degree· She worked hard and got a good degree.be awarded a degree formal (=get one)· At the end of the three years, he was awarded a first-class honours degree.nounsa degree course· I didn't enjoy the first year of my degree course.degree level· Candidates should be educated to degree level.
WORD ORIGINdegree
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French degré, from Latin gradus ‘step, grade’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a law degree
- Cohn has a degree in political science from the University of Chicago.
- Her dream is to get a degree in computer science and then get a high-paying job.
- It got down to 27 degrees last night.
- Maggie is doing a degree in psychology.
- To what degree is unemployment society's fault?
- An achieved status is entered as a result of some degree of purposive action and choice.
- And somehow-not solely by osmosis, either-we began acquiring that degree of skill and energy and initiative of quick intelligence.
- But do these programs really keep the pathway to a four-year degree open?
- Not all of these subjects, however, may necessarily be acceptable as admission requirements for particular degree courses or particular faculties.
- She never finished her advanced degree and was always about to lose her job as an adjunct.
- The best Scourie brown trout lochs require a fair degree of fitness to reach.
- The flexibility introduced into the system by the carriers means that each group is able to operate with a degree of autonomy.
- There is a large degree of mobility among public accountants, management accountants, and internal auditors.
Longman Language Activatormore than someone or something else
having a particular quality or characteristic to a greater degree than someone or something else: · You can see the buildings from the ground, of course, but they look more dramatic from the air.more than: · Anthony needs to practise more than the other students, but he gets it right in the end.more ... than: · She's more intelligent than her brothers.· Most women felt that female bosses were "more involved" than their male counterparts.much/far/a little/a lot more: · People here are far more friendly than they are in England.· The old version of Tomb Raider was a lot more limited in scope than this one.more like: · I think you look more like your aunt Margaret than your sister does.
more than another person, thing, or place: · The students with more experience help the newcomers get to grips with the course.more than: · So Claire earns more than you?· In the study, men showed more concern than the women who took part.
use this about a feeling, quality, or amount that is larger than someone or something else's: greater than: · His understanding of Chinese philosophy is greater than any Westerner's I've met.greater something than: · We enjoy greater freedom than women in many other countries.
use this about prices, speeds, or amounts that are bigger than someone else's: · We tried to calculate the effect of a higher minimum wage on employment and hours worked.· Janette's SAT scores were higher than anyone elses.higher something than: · In the 1960s, Japan achieved a higher rate of economic growth than most other countries.
happening more in one situation than in another - used in literary and scientific contexts: · This theme is developed in the novels of D.H. Lawrence, and to a greater extent E.M. Forster.to a greater extent/degree than: · Women, to a greater degree than men, tend to start abusing alcohol when they are under pressure at work.
to be a part of something · The road was partly blocked by a fallen tree.· What he told us was only partly true.· He was educated partly in Glasgow and partly in London.partly because · The accident happened partly because we were having an argument in the car.
if something partially happens, it does not happen completely or does not include all of something: · The house was partially destroyed by the explosion.· The ice had partially melted and there was a pool of water on the table.· The advertising campaign was only partially successful.
: half-eaten/half-finished etc if something is half-eaten, half-finished etc, half of it has been eaten, finished etc: · There was a half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.· "That's good," he said dully, putting down his half-eaten sandwich.· I found him sitting on his bed, half-dressed.· The houses were half-submerged by the flood water.
use this especially to say that you are only partly sure about something or that you only partly agree with or believe something: · "Who was he hiding from?" "I'm not completely sure."· I'm not entirely convinced that we have enough control over schools as it is.· "So, is everything clear?" "Not entirely."
use this to say that something is partly true but not completely true: · Doing well in exams is to some extent a matter of luck.· To a certain extent it was our own fault that we lost the contract.· His figures were correct - up to a point.
formal partly or in a limited way - used especially in discussions and arguments: · The situation has been improved to a degree in recent months.· Golding's novel is to some degree experimental in style.
formal if something happens in part because of something, it is partly caused by it: · They developed their ideas in part from important work by Paykel.· Although bad management was the major factor, the firm's problems were due in part to a fall-off in demand.
what you get when you finish a course successfully in Britain, a document that shows that someone has successfully completed a course of study or passed an examination; in the US, a document showing that a student has successfully completed their high school, college, or university education: · Everyone was given a diploma at the end of the course.high school/college diploma: · Anyone with a high school diploma can enroll in the course.
British you get a qualification when you finish a course and pass examinations at the end of it: · The two-year course leads to a teaching qualification.· List your qualifications in the space below.academic qualification: · She left school at 16, with no academic qualifications.
the qualification that you get when you successfully finish a course at university: · Cohn has a degree in political science from the University of Chicago.· Her dream is to get a degree in computer science and then get a high-paying job.do a degree/take a degree British (=study in order to get one): · Maggie is doing a degree in psychology.
an advanced degree that you get by studying for one or two years after getting your first degree: · Getting a master's should help you get a better job.master's degree/master's in: · Successful applicants will have a master's degree in social work.
the most advanced type of degree, which you study for on your own for several years, doing work and writing a long report explaining what you have discovered: · Bedell later earned a doctorate from Columbia University.doctorate/PhD in: · She had a PhD in industrial robotics.
happening or changing slowly · She's making a slow recovery after her illness.· Rebuilding the country's economy is likely to be a long, slow process.· For the first few months that I was taking lessons, my progress was extremely slow.
· The situation is slowly improving.· Slowly prices began to fall.· Their relationship has developed slowly, but they now consider each other close friends.
slowly over a period of time: · The climate is gradually becoming drier and warmer.· As the weeks passed, I gradually accepted the idea of him leaving.· Most patients gradually develop a resistance to the drug.
happening, developing, or changing slowly over a long period of time: · I had noticed a gradual improvement in her written work.· The chart showed a gradual rise in his temperature over the previous eight hours.· Because the cell destruction is gradual, a victim's pancreas can function normally for years.
happening or done slowly in a series of small amounts or stages - use this especially about something that is gradually improving: · Little by little, Greg's health improved.· Bit by bit, the dogs got used to their new surroundings.· Then add the olive oil, little by little, beating continuously until the sauce thickens.
if something, especially an improvement in something, happens slowly but surely , it happens slowly and steadily until it is completed: · Slowly but surely, the company is becoming successful again.· She's getting better, slowly but surely.
happening, developing, or changing very slowly, through a series of small changes that may be difficult to notice: · By degrees, little children grow less dependent on their parents.· The storm intensified by degrees until the rain was pouring down.
WORD SETSacre, nounacreage, nounavoirdupois, nounbaker's dozen, nounbalance, nounbarometer, nounbaseline, nounbasin, nounbaud rate, nounbearing, nounbecquerel, nounblack box, nounboiling point, nounbottle, nounbox, nouncalculator, nouncalibrate, verbcalibration, nouncc, centi-, prefixcentimetre, nouncircumference, nouncl, clock, verbcm, cu, cubic, adjectivecubit, nouncup, nouncupful, nouncwt, daylight saving time, noundeci-, prefixdecibel, noundecimalization, noundeflection, noundegree, noundensity, noundepth, noundimension, noundipstick, noundisplacement, noundoz., noundozen, numberelevation, nounfactor, nounfathom, nounfl oz, fluid ounce, nounfoot, nounft, g, gage, noungal, gallon, noungauge, noungauge, verbGB, Geiger counter, noungigabyte, noungill, noungirth, noungm, graduated, adjectivegraduation, noungrain, noungram, noungramme, noungrid, noungross, adjectivehandful, nounhectare, nounhertz, nounhigh, adjectivehundredweight, nounimpedance, nounimperial, adjectiveinch, nounindicator, nouninstrument, nounjoule, nounkarat, nounkg, kilo, nounkilo-, prefixkilogram, nounkilometre, nounkm, knot, nounl, latitude, nounlb, league, nounlength, nounlight year, nounliter, nounlitre, nounlow water mark, nounmax, nounmaximum, adjectivemean, adjectivemeasure, verbmeasure, nounmedian, nounmedium, adjectivemegaton, nounmelting point, nounmental age, nounmeter, nounmeter, verb-meter, suffixmetre, noun-metre, suffixmetric, adjectivemetrication, nounmetric ton, nounmg, MHz, microsecond, nounmile, nounmillennium, nounmilli-, prefixmillibar, nounmilligram, nounmillilitre, nounmillimetre, nounminus, adjectiveminute, nounml, mpg, mph, nano-, prefixnanosecond, nounnautical mile, nounounce, nounoverweight, adjectiveoz, pace, verbpart, nounpedometer, nounpint, nounplus, adjectivepoint, nounpound, nounpunnet, nounqt, quantify, verbquart, nounradioactive dating, nounradius, nounrain gauge, nounread, verbreading, nounrecord, verbreset, verbrev, nounrotation, nounrpm, rule, nounruler, nounscale, nounsea level, nounsea mile, nounseismograph, nounsensor, nounset square, nounsextant, nounsnowfall, nounsoundings, nounsq., subsonic, adjectivesundial, nountherm, nountimberline, nountog, nounton, nountonnage, nountonne, nountroy weight, noununit, nounvoltmeter, nounvolume, nounwatch, nounwatt, nounwattage, nounweighbridge, nounweight, nounwidth, nounwt., yard, nounyardage, nounyardstick, nounyd, zero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 5ADJECTIVES/NOUN + degree The result is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty. There is always some degree of formality when one speaks to a stranger. High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever. high crime rates high interest rates This was true in Madrid and, to a lesser extent, Valencia and Seville. a large degree of overlap Her condition deteriorated to such an extent that a blood transfusion was considered necessary.
(=that you pass at a good level)· Mature students are more likely to get a good degree.
· For many jobs you need to have a university degree.
(=the level at which you pass a degree at a British university)· She was awarded a first-class degree.
(=a British university degree that is above pass level)· The ideal candidate will have an honours degree.
(=the lowest level of degree)· First degrees usually take three or four years.
(=one that you take after a first degree)· He was offered a grant for a postgraduate degree.
(=a higher degree for which you study for one or two years)· She's taking her master's degree.
(=in a science subject)· The government is encouraging more people to get a science degree.
(=in a subject that is not science)· She has an arts degree from Sussex University.
· I decided to do a Maths degree.
British English (=in which you study two subjects)· a joint degree in Economics and Statistics
(=a higher degree for which you do your own research)
verbs· You will earn more if you have a college degree.
formal (=have one)· The ideal candidate will hold a degree in physical chemistry.
(=study for a degree)· Not enough students are taking degrees in Physics.
· She worked hard and got a good degree.
formal (=get one)· At the end of the three years, he was awarded a first-class honours degree.
nouns· I didn't enjoy the first year of my degree course.
· Candidates should be educated to degree level.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The result is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty.· The trainees are expected to acquire a basic level of competence.
British English (also an undergraduate course) (=a first course at a university, which usually lasts three years)· a three-year degree course
· Different financial advisers will have different levels of expertise.
There is always some degree of formality when one speaks to a stranger.· Why would you want to play tennis in a hundred-degree heat?
High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever. high crime rates high interest rates (=a degree in two main subjects)
This was true in Madrid and, to a lesser extent, Valencia and Seville. (also murder in the first degree) American English (=the most serious type of murder under U.S. law)· If convicted of first-degree murder, he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
a large degree of overlap (=some protection)· The shelter gave us a measure of protection against the bitter cold.
(=some risk, but not much)· There is always an element of risk in flying.
Her condition deteriorated to such an extent that a blood transfusion was considered necessary.· He was a qualified engineer with a university degree.
· She was involved in a number of car accidents of varying degrees of seriousness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· There has been a certain degree of controversy in recent years over the practice of self-investment by pension funds.· Uncle Michael was prone to a certain degree of sweetness, at least with me, and could be coaxed into compliance.· A certain degree of unevenness is acceptable in nomadic and some village items.· But times had changed to a certain unpredictable degree in Manhattan, especially for people like Jack.· To a certain degree, the rush to get on line boils down to simple economics.· Although inflation was invoked to make the universe smooth, it can provide a certain degree of clumpiness.· Lately, I could say with a certain degree of certainty that she was truly recuperating.
· It may lead to a considerable degree of social deprivation and a miserable existence for the families involved.· To a considerable degree, it was Social Darwinism which led the way in so broadening the claim for the market.· First, there exists a considerable degree of overlap between the various titles.· First, the considerable degree of lexical inventiveness which was present.· If properly used it could improve the quality of life by a considerable degree.· Police work involves a considerable degree of flexibility and discretion.· They must, therefore, be dismissed as not being good in themselves, or not to any considerable degree.· We are all to a considerable degree the authors of our moral world.
· The skills acquired from rigid planning are different in degree but not in kind from the skills required for flexible planning.· Individual car owners benefit in different degrees from the existence of good roads.· In Example 24 change is presented in different degrees.· In this, the case of Pound is no different from other writers, or it is different only in degree.· Two men had her - in different degrees.· The secondary imagination is its echo, alike in kind with the primary but different in degree and in mode of operation.· Many facets of spoken language are absent from written language. Different degrees of planning are associated with speech and writing.· Interestingly, scientists are now saying that odour is different in degree to memory rather than different in kind.
· These more favoured subcontractors, however, gain a greater degree of continuity at the expense of wider variations in profits.· To some greater or lesser degree, it fits in the parenting section of their life.· There were strong pressures from still further national minorities for a greater degree of control over their own affairs.· Tanks, to a greater degree than APCs, embodied the strengths and weaknesses of armored vehicles.· The increased level of competition between banks and building societies led to a greater degree of diversification of products.· The greater the degree of economic development, the greater the incidence of cancer of the colon.· Compared to the Soccer World Cup the rugby appealed to the ABC1 and younger elements to a greater degree.· Such incidents happen with greater or lesser degrees of seriousness at regular intervals in all our lives.
· The layout below allows the owner to live in a high degree of comfort.· The worship incorporates dreams, healing, trances, and a high degree of lay participation.· Where there is a high degree of skill division then more formalized and externalized co-ordination and control will be required.· The Inland Revenue was particularly welcoming to those with a higher degree.· The two explanations above show a high degree of commonality in their reasoning.· Equally, so-called autonomous bodies are subject to a high degree of central government control.· This means that a higher body temperature is associated with a higher degree of alertness or a smaller amount of fatigue.· Young physicians entering their first research post and hoping for a higher degree are vulnerable and naive.
· He has long since withdrawn his name from Who's Who, declines to accept honorary degrees and refuses to be interviewed.· Awards: Erma Bombeck holds 15 honorary degrees.· He was awarded several honorary degrees in recognition of this intellectual and institutional contribution.· Meanwhile Baroness Thatcher has become Chancellor of the private university at Buckingham and hands out her own honorary degrees.· They will receive honorary degrees at the university's Commemoration Day ceremony in the Barony Hall next month.· His acceptance of an honorary degree from the anti-Catholic Bob Jones University in 1999 continues to stir controversy.
· A number of joint degree courses are available.· The wide range of joint degrees available reflects the extent to which Linguistics relates to other subject areas.· The joint degree in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence is unique in Britain.· There is also a diagram of the joint degrees in the Faculty of Arts on page 61.· Alternatively, students might take a joint degree where equal time is spent on two subjects.
· Reductions in bus passenger and car rear seat passenger casualties have contributed in large degree to this decrease.· This issue was to a large degree manufactured.· What's more, the institutions that were set up allowed nation states a large degree of autonomy.· The development of such drugs would overcome, to a large degree, the problem of compliance with disulfiram treatment.· Even without him playing the improvement in the defence must be due to a large degree to his presence.· The difference in baselines between these two groups results from the large degree of individual variation in salivary secretion.· It was an unspectacular, stable society, like the Basque Provinces enjoying a large degree of local autonomy.· There is a large degree of uncertainty about the extent to which women worked underground in the eighteenth-century coal industry.
· We all of us have needs that are practical as well as those that are to a greater or lesser degree intellectual or theoretical.· So did some leaders in Mesa, Chandler and Scottsdale, cities that participated to a lesser degree.· To a much lesser degree, retailing may share some such characteristic.· To some greater or lesser degree, it fits in the parenting section of their life.· Such incidents happen with greater or lesser degrees of seriousness at regular intervals in all our lives.· One can argue that transfer payments involve a lesser degree of government intervention in the economy than do government purchases.· Each of these premises can be seen acting to a greater or lesser degree in the siting of any particular settlement.· Overall, these various proportional systems achieve a greater or lesser degree of proportionality in representation.
· They maintain a significant degree of nuclear strength.· Most of them, though recognizable as paintings, are to a significant degree photographic in form.· The concentration of phospholipids was also higher in the cholesterol gall stone patients but not to a significant degree.· The romance of the movies was to a significant degree an entrepreneurial romance.· Expenditure on research assistants might also save a significant degree of time and money in the long run.· Voting discipline is very high and there is a significant degree of cohesion.· The upshot of all this is that takeovers involve a significant degree of risk for offerors.· Before addressing it, I must set out the facts, which are not in dispute to any significant degree.
· It also makes an ideal text to support an undergraduate degree course in analytical chemistry.· The $ 100, 000-plus cost of a Harvard or Yale undergraduate degree affects only a tiny minority.· People with excellent undergraduate degrees should not be deterred from applying.· Within this population there will be a mix of undergraduate, postgraduate degree, diploma and certificate students.
· With varying degrees of vigour, officials tried to stamp it out.· Every one of us has prejudices of some kind in varying degrees.· In other jurisdictions community treatment orders have been introduced with varying degrees of success.· It was also where criminals could be questioned, with varying degree, away from the more public places.· It is not that varying degrees of procedural protection should not exist: the range of licences demands this diversity.· Everyone knows that there are various formats and varying degrees of emphasis on management and work force.· They had all reached the market with varying degrees of success.· The varying degrees of purity of native gold involved different melting-points.
NOUN· I was convinced that without a college degree I could never succeed.· Many industrial production managers have a college degree in business administration or industrial engineering.· And no more than one in twenty earned a college degree.· When Helen and I had children, we were both determined that they would get their college degrees.· The path is somewhat different for those who enter without a college degree or do not go through the internship program.· White men with high school diplomas earn more than Hispanic women with college degrees.· Seventy-six percent of the delegates have either a college degree or post-graduate degrees.· Such things were important in the Johnson household, where all five of the children went on to receive college degrees.
· The department offers general and honours degree courses in nursing.· He nudges the Rushmore with half- degree course changes.· The University and the City of Edinburgh provide an ideal environment for the degree course, academically and physically.· The normal duration of these degree courses is four years.· Normal entrance requirements for degree courses should apply, and parallel courses should make differentiated demands on students.· More often, though, they - like degree courses at universities - are termed higher education.· Many physics students, and almost all physical science students, had an instrumental attitude towards their degree courses.
· He also earned a law degree before changing his name from Margulois to Merrick and moving to New York in 1939.· He earned a law degree in 1934, but he never practiced that kind of law at that kind of bar.· The law degree has two different roles.· How many mechanics have a law degree behind them or a management degree to deal with this?· He was awarded a law degree at the Sorbonne, where he flirted with the extreme right.· I liked what he had to say about law as vocation, and all the diverse possibilities a law degree introduced.· Dole got her law degree from Harvard, while Clinton took hers at Yale.· He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1962 and received a law degree from Yale University law school.
· Social class 1 consists of occupations requiring a university degree or high professional equivalent.· Many students now choose to complete an apprenticeship and then pursue a university degree to improve their job prospects.· Those with a university degree rose by twelve percent.· There are university degree programs that teach less on the subject than this two-character play does in a couple of hours.· It offers multilingual and interdisciplinary curriculum at University degree level.· Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.· George joined the ranks of the executive high-flyers, those with university degrees, I joined in a much humbler capacity.· For the past year has spent her spare moments studying for an Open University degree in science and technology.
VERB· Within the burrow, the spadefoot achieves a high degree of protection from the relentless heat of the desert sand above.· Mary achieved a high degree of competence in all projects.· Although it is possible to achieve some degree of change without top-level commitment, that change is likely to be ephemeral at best.· Many habitual drinkers of caffeine-containing beverages find that they must increase their dose to achieve the preferred degree of stimulation.· Implement the changes to the filing references proposed by the Filing Working Party, to achieve some degree of commonality. 2.· In that way he achieves the highest degree of attention to detail.
· Rank-this depends on the degree of metamorphism.· They even went beyond the photogram which, though made without the camera, still depended on a degree of photographic manipulation.· The breeding season lasts from late spring until late summer, depending to some degree upon temperature.· The risks of these complications depend, to some degree, on whether the condition is primary or secondary.· The creation of meaning depends on the degree of match between the language available and the intention of the user.· The other subjects taken depend upon the degree course chosen.· The answer depends, to some degree, on the effectiveness of those who have been active in the intervening years.
· He also earned a law degree before changing his name from Margulois to Merrick and moving to New York in 1939.· He earned a law degree in 1934, but he never practiced that kind of law at that kind of bar.· And no more than one in twenty earned a college degree.· One of my many dear children earned himself a creditable degree in environmental sciences a couple of years ago.· Telbis-Preis went to college in the city of Timisoara and earned a structural engineering degree.· Sachs got his degree in biology from Yale University and went on to earn degrees in medicine and film from Stanford University.· Bhutto earned degrees at Harvard and Oxford.
· These more favoured subcontractors, however, gain a greater degree of continuity at the expense of wider variations in profits.· Wirral-born Mike joined the company in 1979 from Newcastle University where he gained a chemical engineering degree.· If you wish, you can go on from there to gain an Honours degree.· However for AEs the figures were virtually identical with those of standard entrants. 2% more SEs gained good degrees than NSEs.· After leaving Richmond School, he gained a degree in sports studies at Newcastle Polytechnic.· She gained a degree in both languages and subsequently enroled in our course.· Only 25.4% gained a good degree compared with 32.1% of the SEs and 30.1% of the NSEs as a whole.· Jones International, a for-profit university, recently caused controversy by gaining full degree accreditation.
· One good thing which happened immediately was that Universities offered shortened degree courses to suitably qualified ex-service men.· In 1994, over 100 colleges and universities offered 4-year degree programs in construction management or construction science.· The department offers general and honours degree courses in nursing.· And three, they offer a high degree of customer service.· The Department of Economic and Social History offers two single honours degrees.· They're not offering a degree in stage management or a pass for being a good actor or actress.· The University also offers Master's degrees by research lasting 12 months.· Now it's signed a deal with Swindon College, agreeing to offer joint degrees, with a view to applying for University status.
· They will receive honorary degrees at the university's Commemoration Day ceremony in the Barony Hall next month.· Such things were important in the Johnson household, where all five of the children went on to receive college degrees.· He received a master's degree in agricultural economics and a doctorate in economics and marketing from Cornell University.· Students who successfully complete the work will receive a new degree, a graduate certificate in public health.· She received her master's degree in health service administration from the University of Oregon, Eugene.· After receiving a degree there, he received a medical degree from George Washington University.· Leo's, he received a bachelor's degree in sociology, with a minor in literature.
· To read in such a small bar code successfully requires a very high degree of resolution.· And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this.· To accede to his arguments would require an unacceptable degree of judicial creativity.· It was the final straw for those requiring some degree of musical consistency from the guy.· It is obvious that this requires a high degree of commitment to regular practice, with punctuality and concentration during rehearsals.· A 1992 Labor Department study found one in six college graduates doing work that did not generally require a college degree.· The first is, yes, to show appreciation and respect - which various people require in varying degrees.· It is a veiled warning to those who do not feel the required degree of appreciation.
· Furthermore, a monograph of any large tropical group will show varying degrees of recognition of the ecological requirements of different species.· Job holders A profile of job holders shows a degree of resemblance to job seekers.· Secondly, however, these clusters also show a certain degree of relatedness or overlap.· She thought his parlor humor and penchant for sarcasm showed a certain degree of immaturity.· The two explanations above show a high degree of commonality in their reasoning.· Worse, there was no trend showing that the degree of recovery increased with age.· The human brain shows a degree of complexity of a different order.· However the study shows that the degree quality of the AEs is relatively weak.
· Possible worlds vary in their degree of resemblance to the actual world.· In varying degrees, they incorporate into their own attitudes and actions the dysfunctional beliefs their organizations seem to be advocating.· Depending upon the style of kungfu being practised, the forms vary in length and degrees of difficulty.· The intensity of creative people varies in degree.· Yet previous research indicates that members of senior management teams in these schools vary in the degree in which they collaborate.· All of these folks, to varying degrees, have contributed to the new album as well.· Both cells will see movement to the right but the direction seen will vary by 90 degrees.· And each, to varying degrees, is a stereotype.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► murder in the first degree► second-degree burns
1[countable] (written abbreviation deg.) a unit for measuring temperature. It can be shown as a symbol after a number. For example, 70° means 70 degrees: - Kangaroos are trainable to a degree, but they're not as smart as dogs.
- Despite the simplicity of his lifestyle, Alvin was messy to a degree that drove Holtz to add housekeeping to his duties.
- Fortunately, this can be accomplished to a degree in an isolated aquarium without necessitating the circulation of fresh water.
- If the doubled level of wartime was a more significant imposition, it was to a degree offset by greater farming profits.
- Now, to a degree, the tables have been turned.
- The slightly chaotic character of mind goes even deeper, to a degree our egos may find uncomfortable.
- This also applies, to a degree, to some lower-ranking villages.
- This limitation is elastic to a degree.
- Windows 95 fixes this problem to a degree.
- By degrees, little children grow less dependent on their parents.
- Improvement will come by degrees.
- The storm intensified by degrees until the rain was pouring down.
- Consciousness could not have arisen by degrees.
- For since all natural change proceeds by degrees, something changes and something remains.
- Huy forced himself into a sitting position by degrees and brought the empty jar of fig liquor into vision.
- Let her learn about it by degrees.
- Not all at once, but by degrees, Dada made a conquest of this stallion of modern technology.
- The downpour did not intensify by degrees but simply gushed forth with biblical fury, vertical and windless.
- This is the model on which the National Curriculum is to be created and by degrees imposed on the primary schools.
- Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.
- These bags have been known to give people first-degree burns.
- Broadus and Lee face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges.
- How her conviction for first-degree murder affects her exposure to lesser murder charges is a matter for debate.
- If convicted of first-degree murder Mr Markovic would face at least 10 years in prison.
- Instead of being convicted of first-degree murder, Mitchell got six years for voluntary manslaughter.
- She was charged with first-degree murder.
- So the only issue before me is actual innocence of first-degree murder.
- The prosecutor announced that if she died, he would charge Leyland with first-degree murder.
- It's an exaggeration to the nth degree.
- A 16-year-old black youth, Lemrick Nelson, was later charged with second-degree murder in relation to the stabbing.
- After psychiatric evaluations found that he was competent to stand trial, Harwood pleaded guilty July 16 to second-degree murder.
- Bach, 13, was arrested late last month and charged with second-degree murder.
- Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault.
- He faces a count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 shooting death of Brad Hansen, also 13.
- However, the degree of severity of the indictment, which could range from negligent homicide to second-degree murder, remains unclear.
- Kravitz reduced the charge to second-degree murder.
- Last week, she won her freedom after agreeing not to contest charges of second-degree murder.
- A large body of theory and no small degree of controversy exist relative to the treatment of uncertainty.
- The idea suggests alignment of individual goals and group purposes, no small achievement.
- I was just out with friends - you don't have to give me the third degree.
- Whenever one of my boyfriends came to the house, Dad would give them the third degree.
- And would Feargal now give him the third degree?
- Is it possible to get third-degree burns from a novelty cracker?
- She incurred shrapnel wounds as well as third-degree burns.
- She was hospitalized in a critical condition after suffering third-degree burns, and died 21 days later.
- Butch finally pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.20 degrees Celsius/70 degrees Fahrenheit/1 degree Centigrade etc The temperature dropped to five degrees Centigrade.2[countable] (written abbreviation deg.) a unit for measuring the size of an angle. It can be shown as a symbol after a number. For example, 18° means 18 degrees: Then the cylinder is rotated 180 degrees.3[countable, uncountable] the level or amount of somethingdegree of 1960s Britain was characterised by a greater degree of freedom than before. Newspapers vary in the degree to which they emphasize propaganda rather than information.4to a degree (also to some degree/to a certain degree) partly: To a degree, it is possible to educate oneself. We’re all willing to support him to some degree.5[countable] a course of study at a university or college, or the qualification that is given to you when you have successfully completed the coursedegree in a degree in Economics Applicants must have a degree in Engineering. an Honours degree6by degrees very slowly SYN gradually: By degrees, he forced himself into a sitting position.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 5ADJECTIVES/NOUN + degreea good degree (=that you pass at a good level)· Mature students are more likely to get a good degree.a university/college degree· For many jobs you need to have a university degree.a first-class/second-class/third-class degree (=the level at which you pass a degree at a British university)· She was awarded a first-class degree.an honours degree (=a British university degree that is above pass level)· The ideal candidate will have an honours degree.a first/undergraduate degree (=the lowest level of degree)· First degrees usually take three or four years.a higher/postgraduate degree (=one that you take after a first degree)· He was offered a grant for a postgraduate degree.a master's degree (=a higher degree for which you study for one or two years)· She's taking her master's degree.a science degree (=in a science subject)· The government is encouraging more people to get a science degree.an arts degree (=in a subject that is not science)· She has an arts degree from Sussex University.a history/chemistry/law etc degree· I decided to do a Maths degree.a joint degree British English (=in which you study two subjects)· a joint degree in Economics and Statisticsa research degree (=a higher degree for which you do your own research)verbshave a degree· You will earn more if you have a college degree.hold a degree formal (=have one)· The ideal candidate will hold a degree in physical chemistry.do/take a degree in something (=study for a degree)· Not enough students are taking degrees in Physics.get/gain a degree· She worked hard and got a good degree.be awarded a degree formal (=get one)· At the end of the three years, he was awarded a first-class honours degree.nounsa degree course· I didn't enjoy the first year of my degree course.degree level· Candidates should be educated to degree level.