Collocations for "degree"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "degree" in context.
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degree
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [high school, bachelor's, college, graduate, master's, doctorate] degree
- a higher education degree
- [got, received] his degree from [Harvard, Oxford University]
- finished her degree in [June]
- a degree in [Math, Business, Art]
- studying for her degree in [Math]
- a [Math] degree
- is [a difficult, an easy] degree to get
- received her degree with honors
- [get, earn] your degree online
- the degree of difficulty depends on
- [different, varying] degrees of difficulty
- with varying degrees of success
- was [tested, planned, faithful] to the nth degree
- degrees of [accuracy, flexibility, control, freedom, risk]
- [six] degrees of separation (from)
- are separated by [six] degrees
- a [third] degree black belt
- (guilty of) murder in the [first, second, third] degree
- [cook, bake, roast] at [200] degrees
- [it, the temperature] is [30] degrees [Celsius, Fahrenheit]
- is [30] degrees [outside, in here]
- wash the [clothes, linen, bedsheets] at [40] degrees
- at an angle of [45, 90] degrees
- the [patient, economy, situation] improved by degrees
- shows the degree to which people [tolerate, feel, are willing]
- to the highest degree possible
- [support, back, defend] them to a certain degree
- degree requirements
- a degree [program, student]
- [first, second, third] -degree murder
- a [45] -degree angle
- in the [40] -degree heat
- a (non-) degree seeking student
'degree' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- English
- French
- German
- Greek
- September
- advanced
- angle
- assault
- associate
- bachelor
- banking
- biology
- burn
- certainty
- certificate
- chemistry
- clarity
- coaching
- college
- communication
- constraint
- consumption
- coverage
- curve
- descent
- design
- deviation
- difficulty
- dissertation
- disturbance
- double
- dual
- economic
- economics
- electronic
- engineering
- essential
- factory
- fairly
- felony
- fever
- geography
- graduate
- graphic
- grunt
- high
- high school
- impairment
- institution