degree

/dɪˈgri/ n [C/U] (AMOUNT)

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› an amount or level of something: [C] This job demands a high degree of skill. [C] The house had also been damaged, but to a lesser degree.

(Definition of degree n (AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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