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Spell Bee Word: Degree


What does degree mean?

Word: Degree

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Degree means a unit for measuring temperature or angles. It also means a qualification from a college, or how much of something there is.

Synonyms: level

How do you spell degree?

Syllables: de - gree

Tricky part: The word ends in a double e. It starts with de, not di, even though some people say di-gree.

Watch out for: digree, degre, degrie

Memory tip: The degree sign is a tiny circle. Picture two of those circles as the two e's at the end.

Degree in a sentence

Example 1: It was forty-five degrees in Jaipur yesterday afternoon.

Example 2: Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Example 3: My cousin finished her engineering degree this year.

Fun Fact

A full circle has 360 degrees, a number usually traced back to the astronomers of ancient Babylon, who counted in sixties.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) degree
b) colege
c) sertificate
d) diplomma

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a) degree. Diplomma doubles the m, colege drops an l and sertificate starts with s; degree has no slip.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

deggree

a) d
b) e
c) g
d) r

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c) g. There is only one g in degree; the double letter is the ee at the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

regede

a) edged
b) agreed
c) greed
d) degree

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d) degree. Six letters with three e's: only degree uses them all.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

degree

a) shape
b) silence
c) extent
d) price

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c) extent. To some degree means to some extent: both tell you how much.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which instrument measures temperature in degrees?

a) a thermometer
b) a ruler
c) a weighing scale
d) a stopwatch

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a) a thermometer

2. How many degrees are in a right angle?

a) 45
b) 90
c) 180
d) 360

Show answer

b) 90

Associated Words

Words that end in -ree: carefree, disagree, referee

More words from this list

evaluation, hopeless, meadow, port, satin, though, academic, boulder

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