VERB + DEGREE
- rotate (through), spin (through), turn (through)
- The car had spun through 180 degrees on impact
DEGREE + NOUN
- angle
- Place the shelf at a 90 degree angle to the wall
- through … ~s
- If you study the sky through 360 degrees you will see a whole range of colours
VERB + DEGREE
- reach
- Temperatures inside the burning building are estimated to have reached 600 degrees centigrade
PREP
- at … ~s
- Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade
PHRASES
- degrees above/below zero, degrees Celsius/centigrade/Fahrenheit, minus 10, 20, etc. degrees
ADJ
- considerable, exceptional, extraordinary, great, high, large, remarkable, substantial, surprising, unusual, the utmost
- the utmost degree of freedom
- fair, moderate, modest
- It was possible to date these remains with a fair degree of accuracy
- low, minimal, slight, small
- He would try anything to make her even the smallest degree happier
- lesser
- The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and, to a lesser degree, small businesses
- varying
- keen amateurs who work hard, with varying degrees of success
- alarming, dangerous, extreme
- His arguments are simplistic to an extreme degree
- acceptable, adequate, meaningful, real, significant
- The book fails to answer the question with any acceptable degree of certainty
- appropriate, necessary, proper, requisite, right
- unacceptable
PREP
- in … ~s
- The party leaders were all found to be corrupt in varying degrees
- of … ~
- employees of various degrees of ability
- to a … ~
- The boss sometimes follows her instincts to a dangerous degree
- with a … ~ of
- We all tried to find out about the bus service, with varying degrees of success
- ~ of
- There is a degree of risk in any sport
PHRASES
- by (slow) degrees
- By slow degrees, the company's turnover dwindled to nothing
- in (an) equal degree
- I felt excitement and sadness in equal degree as I waved goodbye to my colleagues
- a greater or lesser degree
- We were all disappointed to a greater or lesser degree
- to the nth degree (= to an extreme degree)
- The children tested her patience to the nth degree
ADJ
- college, university
- first, ordinary, undergraduate
- higher, master's, postgraduate, research
- BA, BEd, BSc, MA, MSc, PhD, etc.
- honours
- pass
- good, poor
- first-class, (lower/upper) second-class, third-class
- Candidates must have at least an upper second class honours degree
- honorary
- business, medical, history, law, philosophy, etc.
- professional
- Candidates must hold a professional degree in architecture
- external
- combined, joint, joint/ combined subject, joint honours
- a joint honours degree in Business Studies and Modern Languages
- modular
- part-time
VERB + DEGREE
- have, hold
- do, take
- He took a degree in law then joined a law firm
- be awarded, gain, get, obtain, receive
- award sb, confer on sb
- The university conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
PREP
- ~ in
- a degree in economics