noun
plural -grees
[count] :a unit for measuring temperature
[count] :a unit for measuring the size of an angle
an amount or level that can be measured or compared to another amount or level [noncount]
usually + of
[noncount] :a measure of how severe or serious something is
[count] :an official document and title that is given to someone who has successfully completed a series of classes at a college or university
by degrees
very slowly :by a series of small changes
to some degree
also to a (certain) degree
not completely but partly
to the nth degree