TO A DEGREE

Definition: TO A DEGREE

TO A DEGREE

1. To an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof. Wilson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Qualification

Approximately in a limited degree (smallness); somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak.

Health

The evidence is unequivocal that consistent and effective use of condoms and of sterile injecting equipment on the part of injection drug users is nearly 100 percent effective in protecting against HIV.Reduction in risky behavior leads to reduction in HIV to a degree that depends on context, particularly the local prevalence of HIV infection. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

Most young Filipino workers can read and speak English to a degree that permits managers to use American training materials and trainers from the U.S. in the first phases of new production. (references)

Slovenia

Defying the politicians in Belgrade, Slovenia underwent a flowering of democracy and an opening of its society in cultural, civic, and economic realms to a degree almost unprecedented in the communist world. (references)

China

Investors should be aware that large-scale layoffs from long-established SOE's have created some tension, and prompted some demonstrations among Chinese workers, though not to a degree that threatens social stability. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

vaekst af revner ved diffusion af vakancer - cottrell's mekanisme - indtil der indtraeder instabilitet (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

Dutch

groei van scheuren ( microscheuren ) door diffusie van vacatur s - Conttrell-mechanisme - tot ze zo groot worden dat instabiliteit optreedt (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

French

formation de microcriques puis de fissures par diffusionù de lacunes - mécanisme de Cottrell- jusqu'� ce qu'il s'ensuive instabilité (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

German

Anwachsen der Eisse durch Diffusion von Leerstellen Cottrell pchanis=us - bis zu einer Groesse, bei welcher Instabilitaet eintritt (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

Greek 

ανάπτυξη ρωγμών από διάχυση οπών-μηχανισμός COTRELL μέχρις ενός βαθμού όπου εμφανίζεται αστάθεια (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

Indonesian

sedikit banyak, ala kadarnya. (various references)

Italian

aumento di microcricche mediante diffusione delle vacanze reticolari - meccanismo di Cottrell - fino ad una tale intit� da provocare l'instabilit� (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay aay egreeday

Russian 

очень (anxiously, awful, awfully, badly, damnably, dooms, enormously, ever so, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, immensely, jolly, miserably, most, much, overwhelmingly, particularly, passing, pretty much, quite, real, screamingly, so, thumping, too, vastly, very, very much, very much indeed, well), значительно (amain, appreciably, apreciably, by far, by long odds, considerably, far [d], far and away, materially, notably, noticeably, significantly, sizably, tremendously, vastly). (various references)

Spanish

formación de fisuras por difusión de lagunas-mecanismo de Cottrell-hasta una magnitud a la que se presenta la inestabilidad (growth of fissures by diffusion of holes - Cottrell mecanism - up to a degree where instability takes place). (various references)

Swedish

ganska (enough, fairly, kind of, middling, plenty, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, some, tolerably, very). (various references)

Turkish

birazcık (a little, just a little, something of, somewhat, soupcon), bir noktaya kadar (to a certain degree), bir dereceye kadar (as far as, in some degree, some, somewhat), bir ölçüde (in some degree). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: derogate.

-2 letters: deterge, etagere, garoted, goateed, greeted.

-3 letters: agreed, degree, derate, dogear, dotage, dragee, ergate, garote, geared, goatee, grated, orated, orgeat, redate, teared, teredo, togaed.

-4 letters: adore, agree, arete, argot, dater, derat, deter, doter, eager, eagre, eared, eater, edger, egret, ergot, erode, gated, gator, geode, godet, gored, grade, grate, great, greed, greet, groat, oared.

+3 letters: degeneration, foregathered, outgeneraled, renegotiated.

+4 letters: daguerreotype, degenerations, dehydrogenate, desegregation, nondegenerate, nonsegregated, overregulated, stereographed.

+5 letters: daguerreotyped, daguerreotypes, dehydrogenated, dehydrogenates, desegregations, nondegenerates.

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