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'degree' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'degree' with 20 example sentences.


degree noun

: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

: a measure for arcs and angles

: the highest power of a term or variable

: a unit of temperature on a specified scale

: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)


  • When we sleep, our body temperature drops by several degrees.
  • It's six degrees below zero.
  • I have a degree in electrical engineering.
  • Not everyone needs a college degree.
  • An angle of 90 degrees is called a right angle.
  • You can have a doctoral degree in nursing.
  • I have a master's degree in music education.
  • He has a master's degree in mathematics.
  • She got a master's degree three years ago.
  • Do you know how to treat a first-degree burn?
  • He was, to some degree, satisfied with the result.
  • To what degree can we trust him?
  • The temperature was at least 100 degrees.
  • I understand you to a certain degree.
  • My temperature is 38 degrees.
  • The temperature went up to 30 degrees.
  • All forecasts have a certain degree of uncertainty.
  • You say "poor", but there are many degrees of poverty.
  • Dan had a college degree and was good at translation.
  • God cannot make a triangle with more than 180 degrees.
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