name · noun · 24 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/dɪˈɡɹiː/
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
Examples
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
Examples
A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temperature unit
Narrower terms: degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C, degree Fahrenheit, F
24
noun
Meaning 24
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: level, stage, point
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: ladder, acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top, extent, resultant, end point, standard of living, standard of life, plane, state of the art, ultimacy, ultimateness, quickening, climax
History
Etymology
From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.
Across languages
Translations
401 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
graad
— academic award
Arabic:
شِهَادَة
(šihāda)
— academic award
Armenian:
կոչում
(kočʻum)
— academic award
Bashkir:
дәрәжә
(dərəjə)
— academic award
Belarusian:
ступе́нь
(stupjénʹ)
— academic award
Bulgarian:
научна степен
(naučna stepen)
— academic award
Burmese:
ဒီဂရီ
(diga.ri)
— academic award
Catalan:
títol
— academic award
Catalan:
diploma
— academic award
Chinese Cantonese:
學位 /学位
— academic award
Eastern Min Chinese:
學位 /学位
(hŏk-ôi)
— academic award
Hakka Chinese:
學位 /学位
(ho̍k-vi)
— academic award
Chinese:
學位 /学位
(zh-min-nan)
— academic award
Chinese Mandarin:
學位 /学位
(xuéwèi)
— academic award
Czech:
stupeň
— academic award
Danish:
grad
— academic award
Dutch:
titel
— academic award
Dutch:
graad
— academic award
Esperanto:
diplomo
— academic award
Finnish:
oppiarvo
— academic award
Finnish:
tutkinto
— academic award
French:
diplôme
— academic award
Galician:
grao
— academic award
German:
Diplom
— academic award
German:
akademisches Diplom
— academic award
Greek:
πτυχίο
(ptychío)
— academic award
Greek:
δίπλωμα
(díploma)
— academic award
Hawaiian:
kekele
— academic award
Hawaiian:
kēkelē
— academic award
Hebrew:
תואר
(toar)
— academic award
Hindi:
उपाधि
(upādhi)
— academic award
Hungarian:
diploma
— academic award
Hungarian:
végzettség
— academic award
Indonesian:
sarjana
— academic award
Italian:
laurea
— academic award
Japanese:
学位
(gakui)
— academic award
Japanese:
号
(gō)
— academic award
Khmer:
សញ្ញាប័ត្រ
(saññaa bat)
— academic award
Korean:
학위
(hagwi)
— academic award
Macedonian:
диплома
(diploma)
— academic award
Malayalam:
ബിരുദം
(birudaṁ)
— academic award
Māori:
tohu mātauranga
— academic award
Marathi:
डिग्री
(ḍigrī)
— academic award
Norwegian Bokmål:
grad
— academic award
Norwegian Bokmål:
eksamen
— academic award
Norwegian Nynorsk:
grad
— academic award
Norwegian Nynorsk:
eksamen
— academic award
Pali:
upādhi
— academic award
Polish:
stopień naukowy
— academic award
Portuguese:
diploma
— academic award
Portuguese:
graduação
— academic award
Romanian:
grad academic
— academic award
Romanian:
diplomă academică
— academic award
Russian:
учёная сте́пень
(učónaja stépenʹ)
— academic award
Russian:
дипло́м
(diplóm)
— academic award
Russian:
сте́пень
(stépenʹ)
— academic award
Serbo-Croatian:
диплома
— academic award
Serbo-Croatian:
diploma
— academic award
Slovak:
titul
— academic award
Slovak:
diplom
— academic award
Slovak:
stupeň
— academic award
Sotho:
digri
— academic award
Spanish:
título
— academic award
Spanish:
diploma
— academic award
Swahili:
digrii
— academic award
Swedish:
examen
— academic award
Tatar:
дәрәҗә
(däräcä)
— academic award
Thai:
ปริญญา
(bpà-rin-yaa)
— academic award
Ukrainian:
сту́пінь
(stúpinʹ)
— academic award
Vietnamese:
học vị
— academic award
Welsh:
gradd
— academic award
Zazaki:
derece
— academic award
Afrikaans:
graad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Albanian:
gradë
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Arabic:
دَرَجَة
(daraja)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Armenian:
աստիճան
(astičan)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Asturian:
grau
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Azerbaijani:
dərəcə
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Bashkir:
градус
(gradus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Belarusian:
гра́дус
(hrádus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Bengali:
ডিগ্রী
(ḍigri)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Bulgarian:
гра́дус
(grádus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Burmese:
ဒီဂရီ
(diga.ri)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Catalan:
grau
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Chinese Cantonese:
度
(dou6)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Hakka Chinese:
度
(thu)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Chinese:
度
(tō͘)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Chinese Mandarin:
度
(dù)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Czech:
stupeň
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Danish:
grad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Dutch:
graad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Esperanto:
grado
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Estonian:
kraad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Estonian:
aste
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Faroese:
stig
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Finnish:
aste
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
French:
degré
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Galician:
grao
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Georgian:
გრადუსი
(gradusi)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
German:
Grad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
German:
Winkelgrad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
German:
Altgrad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
German:
Neugrad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Greek:
μοίρα
(moíra)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Ancient Greek:
μοῖρα
(moîra)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Hebrew:
מַעֲלָה
(ma'alá)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Hindi:
अंश
(añś)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Hungarian:
fok
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Icelandic:
gráða
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Indonesian:
derajat
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Italian:
grado
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Japanese:
度
(do)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Kazakh:
градус
(gradus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Khmer:
អង្សា
(ʼɑɑʼɑngsaa)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Korean:
도
(do)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Kyrgyz:
градус
(gradus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Lao:
ອົງສ
(ʼong sa)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Latin:
gradus
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Latvian:
grāds
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Lithuanian:
laipsnis
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Macedonian:
степен
(stepen)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Malay:
darjah
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Malay:
derajat
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Māori:
tākiri
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Māori:
takiri
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Māori:
putu
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Māori:
tīkiri
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Norman:
dégré
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Norwegian:
grad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Occitan:
gra
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Pali:
aṃsa
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Pashto:
درجه
(daraǰá)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Persian:
درجه
(dareje)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Persian:
زینه
(zine)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Plautdietsch:
Grod
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Polish:
stopień
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Portuguese:
grau
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Romanian:
grad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Romanian:
grade
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Russian:
гра́дус
(grádus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Serbo-Croatian:
степен
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Serbo-Croatian:
ступањ
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Serbo-Croatian:
stepen
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Serbo-Croatian:
stupanj
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Slovak:
stupeň
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Slovene:
stopinja
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Sotho:
digri
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Spanish:
grado
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Swahili:
digrii
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Swedish:
grad
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Tagalog:
antas
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Tajik:
дараҷа
(daraja)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Tatar:
дәрәҗә
(däräcä)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Thai:
องศา
(ong-sǎa)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Turkish:
derece
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Turkmen:
gradus
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Turkmen:
dereje
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Ukrainian:
гра́дус
(hrádus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Urdu:
ڈگری
(ḍigrī)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Urdu:
درجہ
(daraja)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Uyghur:
گرادۇس
(gradus)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Uyghur:
دەرىجە
(derije)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Uzbek:
gradus
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Uzbek:
daraja
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Vietnamese:
độ
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Welsh:
gradd
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Yiddish:
גראַד
(grad)
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Zazaki:
derece
— geometry: unit of measurement of angle
Afrikaans:
graad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Albanian:
gradë
— unit of measurement of temperature
Arabic:
دَرَجَة
(daraja)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Armenian:
աստիճան
(astičan)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Asturian:
grau
— unit of measurement of temperature
Azerbaijani:
dərəcə
— unit of measurement of temperature
Bashkir:
градус
(gradus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Belarusian:
гра́дус
(hrádus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Bengali:
ডিগ্রী
(ḍigri)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Bulgarian:
гра́дус
(grádus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Burmese:
ဒီဂရီ
(diga.ri)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Catalan:
grau
— unit of measurement of temperature
Chinese Cantonese:
度
(dou6)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hakka Chinese:
度
(thu)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Chinese:
度
(tō͘)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Chinese Mandarin:
度
(dù)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Czech:
stupeň
— unit of measurement of temperature
Danish:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Dutch:
graad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Esperanto:
grado
— unit of measurement of temperature
Estonian:
kraad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Faroese:
stig
— unit of measurement of temperature
Finnish:
aste
— unit of measurement of temperature
French:
degré
— unit of measurement of temperature
Galician:
grao
— unit of measurement of temperature
Georgian:
გრადუსი
(gradusi)
— unit of measurement of temperature
German:
Grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Greek:
βαθμός
(vathmós)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hawaiian:
kekele
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hawaiian:
kēkelē
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hebrew:
מַעֲלָה
(ma'alá)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hindi:
डिग्री
(ḍigrī)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hindi:
अंश
(añś)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hungarian:
fok
— unit of measurement of temperature
Hungarian:
hőfok
— unit of measurement of temperature
Icelandic:
stig
— unit of measurement of temperature
Icelandic:
gráða
— unit of measurement of temperature
Indonesian:
derajat
— unit of measurement of temperature
Irish:
céim
— unit of measurement of temperature
Italian:
grado
— unit of measurement of temperature
Japanese:
度
(do)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Kazakh:
градус
(gradus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Kazakh:
дәреже
(däreje)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Khmer:
អង្សា
(ʼɑɑʼɑngsaa)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Korean:
도
(do)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Central Kurdish:
پلە
(ple)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Kyrgyz:
градус
(gradus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Lao:
ອົງສ
(ʼong sa)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Latin:
gradus numerantur
— unit of measurement of temperature
Latvian:
grāds
— unit of measurement of temperature
Lithuanian:
laipsnis
— unit of measurement of temperature
Luxembourgish:
Grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Macedonian:
степен
(stepen)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Malay:
darjah
— unit of measurement of temperature
Malay:
derajat
— unit of measurement of temperature
Maltese:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Māori:
tākiri
— unit of measurement of temperature
Māori:
takiri
— unit of measurement of temperature
Māori:
putu
— unit of measurement of temperature
Māori:
tīkiri
— unit of measurement of temperature
Mongolian:
хэм
(xem)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Norman:
dégré
— unit of measurement of temperature
Norwegian Bokmål:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Norwegian Bokmål:
minusgrad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Norwegian Nynorsk:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Norwegian Nynorsk:
minusgrad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Occitan:
gra
— unit of measurement of temperature
Pashto:
درجه
(daraǰá)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Persian:
درجه
(dareje)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Persian:
زینه
(zine)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Plautdietsch:
Grod
— unit of measurement of temperature
Polish:
stopień
— unit of measurement of temperature
Portuguese:
grau
— unit of measurement of temperature
Romanian:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Romanian:
grade
— unit of measurement of temperature
Romansh:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Russian:
гра́дус
(grádus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Northern Sami:
gráda
— unit of measurement of temperature
Serbo-Croatian:
степен
— unit of measurement of temperature
Serbo-Croatian:
ступањ
— unit of measurement of temperature
Serbo-Croatian:
stepen
— unit of measurement of temperature
Serbo-Croatian:
stupanj
— unit of measurement of temperature
Slovak:
stupeň
— unit of measurement of temperature
Slovene:
stopinja
— unit of measurement of temperature
Upper Sorbian:
stopjeń
— unit of measurement of temperature
Spanish:
grado
— unit of measurement of temperature
Swahili:
digrii
— unit of measurement of temperature
Swedish:
grad
— unit of measurement of temperature
Tajik:
дараҷа
(daraja)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Tatar:
дәрәҗә
(däräcä)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Thai:
องศา
(ong-sǎa)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Tibetan:
ཚ་ཚད
(tsha tshad)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Tibetan:
གྲང་ཚད
(grang tshad)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Turkish:
derece
— unit of measurement of temperature
Turkmen:
gradus
— unit of measurement of temperature
Turkmen:
dereje
— unit of measurement of temperature
Ukrainian:
гра́дус
(hrádus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Urdu:
ڈگری
(ḍigrī)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Urdu:
درجہ
(daraja)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Uyghur:
گرادۇس
(gradus)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Uyghur:
دەرىجە
(derije)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Uzbek:
gradus
— unit of measurement of temperature
Uzbek:
daraja
— unit of measurement of temperature
Vietnamese:
độ
— unit of measurement of temperature
Welsh:
gradd
— unit of measurement of temperature
Yiddish:
גראַד
(grad)
— unit of measurement of temperature
Zazaki:
derece
— unit of measurement of temperature
Bulgarian:
степен
(stepen)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Catalan:
grau
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Chinese Mandarin:
次
(cì)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Chinese Mandarin:
次數 /次数
(cìshù)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Finnish:
aste
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Finnish:
kertaluku
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
French:
degré
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
French:
ordre
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Hindi:
घात
(ghāt)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Hungarian:
fok
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Italian:
grado
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Japanese:
次
(ji)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Japanese:
次数
(jisū)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Korean:
차
(cha)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Korean:
차수
(chasu)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Latin:
gradus
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Macedonian:
степен
(stepen)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Norman:
dégré
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Polish:
stopień
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Portuguese:
grau
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Romanian:
grad
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Spanish:
grado
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Tagalog:
antas
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Thai:
ดีกรี
(dii-grii)
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Vietnamese:
bậc
— algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
Bulgarian:
степен
(stepen)
— field theory: the dimensionality of a field extension
Bulgarian:
степен
(stepen)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Chinese Mandarin:
次數 /次数
(cìshù)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Czech:
stupeň
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Danish:
valens
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Finnish:
aste
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
French:
degré
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Hungarian:
fokszám
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Italian:
grado
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Japanese:
次
(ji)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Japanese:
次数
(jisū)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Korean:
차
(cha)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Korean:
차수
(chasu)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Macedonian:
степен
(stepen)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Norman:
dégré
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Polish:
stopień
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Portuguese:
grau
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Russian:
сте́пень
(stépenʹ)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Serbo-Croatian:
ступањ
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Serbo-Croatian:
stupanj
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Slovak:
stupeň
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Swahili:
digrii
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Swedish:
grad
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Ukrainian:
сту́пінь
(stúpinʹ)
— graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Bulgarian:
градус
(gradus)
— surveying: curvature of a circular arc
Bulgarian:
градус
(gradus)
— geography: unit of measurement of latitude and longitude
Finnish:
aste
— geography: unit of measurement of latitude and longitude
Hawaiian:
kekele
— geography: unit of measurement of latitude and longitude
Bulgarian:
стъпка
(stǎpka)
— individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values
Bulgarian:
фаза
(faza)
— individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values
Finnish:
aste
— individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values
Finnish:
taso
— individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values
Bulgarian:
равнище
(ravnište)
— stage or rank of privilege
Finnish:
asema
— stage or rank of privilege
Greek:
βαθμός
(vathmós)
— stage or rank of privilege
Ancient Greek:
βαθμός
(bathmós)
— stage or rank of privilege
Latin:
gradus
— stage or rank of privilege
Finnish:
sukupolvi
— genealogy: step in genealogical descent
Finnish:
vaihe
— one's relative state or experience; way, manner
Armenian:
աստիճան
(astičan)
— amount, proportion, extent