degree

/dɪˈɡriː/

nounde · gree

Think: you earn a deGREE at school—"GREE" sounds like "degree" ends with a long E.

Yes, it's degree. The tricky part is the ending: it’s -gree (not -greee or -greea) and it ends with a silent final -e after the long /iː/ sound.

Definitions

  1. nouna unit for measuring temperature or angles
  2. nounthe amount or level of something; extent
  3. nouna qualification given by a college or university after completing a course of study

Examples

  • “Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.”
  • “To some degree, everyone feels nervous before a big test.”
  • “She earned a degree in biology and started working in a lab.”

Synonyms

levelextentamountgradequalification

Antonyms

none

Translations

ES gradoPT grauFR degré

Common misspellings

degredeegredegreEdeagreedegreeydegreadegreédegre e

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