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least
Determiner
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the smallest amount of; little of
She does the most cleaning, but the least cooking.
No German, least of all the East Germans, wanted Soviet troops to stay.
least
Adverb
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Having the smallest amount of a characteristic in a group.
People are least likely to live in the far north.
The phone always rings just when you least expect it.
least
Adjective
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The least is the smallest amount.
There are at least four problems with the idea.
The power is least in this case.
The least difference is still important.
Nobody works hard, but she does the least.
He was not the least bit interested my ideas.
This accident is the least of our problems.
degree
Noun
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We measure an angle using degrees. All the way around a circle is 360 degrees. Often, ° is written instead of "degrees".
A right-angled triangle has an angle of 90 degrees.
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We measure how hot or how cold it is (temperature) using degrees on a scale, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
It's going to be 35 degrees Celsius today.
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The amount that an object has of a certain quality.
To what degree do the two accounts of the accident agree?
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Any units used to measure specific gravity, bitterness, darkness, etc. in manufacturing commodities.
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An award (usually better than a diploma but not as good as a doctorate) given by a university or, in some countries, a college
After four years at university, she got her degree.
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The number of edges that a vertex is part of.
The corner of a cube is of degree 3, but the corners of an eight-sided solid have degree 4.