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1 degree
[di'ɡri:]1) ((an) amount or extent: There is still a degree of uncertainty; The degree of skill varies considerably from person to person.) stopnja2) (a unit of temperature: 20° (= 20 degrees) Celsius.) stopinja3) (a unit by which angles are measured: at an angle of 90° (= 90 degrees).) stopinja4) (a title or certificate given by a university etc: He took a degree in chemistry.) diploma•- to a degree* * *[digrí:]nounstopnja; stopinja; stan, razred, položaj; diploma; kakovost, vrstaby degrees — postopoma, polagomato a (certain) degree — tako rekoč, precejto take one's degree — diplomirati, promoviratiAmerican slang third degree — zasliševanje z mučenjemjuridically principal in the first degree — glavni krivecto the last degree — veliko, skrajno -
2 extent
[-t]1) (the area or length to which something extends: The bird's wings measured 20 centimetres at their fullest extent; The garden is nearly a kilometre in extent; A vast extent of grassland.) obseg2) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) obseg, mera•* * *[ikstént]nounobseg, razteg, velikost, obsežnost; stopnja, mera; domet, doseg; juridically ocena (zemljišča)writ of extent British English listina o zarubitvi dolžnikove posesti; American listina o začasnem lastništvu upnika dolžnikove posesti
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degree — In Sheridan s The Rivals (1775), we find the assertion Assuredly, sir, your father is wrath to a degree, meaning ‘your father is extremely cross’. The use survived in more florid English into the 20c and was accepted by Fowler (1926) ‘however… … Modern English usage
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