Entry Word: degree

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an individual part of a process, series, or ranking <they completed the project by degrees>

Synonyms cut, grade, inch, notch, peg, phase, point, stage, step

Related Words amount, measure, plane; decrement, increment

2 the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement <a Freemason of the 32nd degree> — see rank 1