1. (

• degree ,
• grade ,
• level

) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" ;

2. (

• degree ,
• level ,
• stage ,
• point

) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" ;

3. (

• academic_degree ,
• degree

) an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" ;

4. (

• degree ,
• arcdegree

) a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle" ;

5. (

• degree

) the highest power of a term or variable ;

6. (

• degree ,

) a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" ;

7. (

• degree ,

) the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn" ;