A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)

plural of degree

In gradual steps; bit by bit.

Having an academic degree.

1 (outdated) To an extreme; exceedingly. / Somewhat, a little

A surname.

plural of degree of comparison

A metric unit of temperature, a derived unit of the International System of Units. Symbol: °C

(grammar) That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.

(obsolete, nonstandard) A kelvin.