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to a degree

to a degree prepositional phrase: somewhat: a little; a bit; moderately.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Somewhat: a little; a bit; moderately.
    • All countries are to a degree controlled by other countries; it is equally obvious that some countries are controlled by others through the threat of military intervention.1991, Alex Inkeles, On Measuring Democracy: Its Consequences and Concomitants
  2. (dated, idiomatic) Extremely; exceedingly; a lot.
    • It has been said that Scotsmen […] are […] grave to a degree on occasions when races more favoured by nature are gladsome to excess.1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, a, degree: to an extent.

to a degree meaning in Malayalam

to a degree in Malayalam

to some extent, to a certain extent, up to a point
ഒരുമാനം വരെ, ഏറെക്കുറെ, ഒട്ടൊക്കെ, കുറെയൊക്കെ, ഒരു പരിധിവരെ, ഒരുപടി

Questions about to a degree

What does to a degree mean?
To a degree means somewhat: a little; a bit; moderately.
What is to a degree in Malayalam?
To a degree in Malayalam is ഒരുമാനം വരെ, ഏറെക്കുറെ, ഒട്ടൊക്കെ. See To a degree meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is to a degree?
To a degree is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to a degree in the dictionary

  1. TNW
  2. TNWs
  3. tnx
  4. to
  5. to a "T"
  6. to a degree
  7. to a desire
  8. to a fare thee well
  9. to a fare you well
  10. to a fare-thee-well
  11. to a fare-you-well

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to a degree (page history and authors); to a degree (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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