DEGREE
- any of a series of steps or stages in a process
- the 360th part of a circle
- unit of measure for temperature
- academic title conferred by a college or university on completion of a course of study
- one of a series of stages [n DEGREES] : DEGREED [adj]
- a graduation on a scale [n -S]
- by easy stages; gradually
- to a considerable extent; exceedingly
- to a small extent; somewhat