degreed

[ dih-greed ]

adjective

1. having an academic title conferred by a university or college as an indication of the completion of a course of study or as an honorary recognition of achievement:

   I had seen this tension before between the drafters and the degreed mechanical engineers.

   For this position, a degreed individual from an accredited university is preferred, but not required.

2. occurring in greater and lesser degrees, levels, or amounts:

   Guilt is degreed—it varies along a gradient that depends on many factors, some of which are outside a person’s control.

3. (of a crime) having different classifications according to gravity, as first degree, second degree, etc.:

   Property damage is a degreed crime because of the range of possible values of the loss.

Other Words From

• un·de·greed adjective
• un·der·de·greed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of degreed¹

First recorded in 1555–65; degree ( def ) + -ed ³( def )

Example Sentences

When they do start on the route to bachelor’s degrees, a third of students change their majors at least once and more than half take longer than four years to graduate, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

From Washington Post

A year later, he became a freelance writer and received a master’s degree in English literature from Oxford.

From Washington Post

Despite not meeting this target, the team wrote, it’s possible that masks do offer a smaller degree of protection to the wearer.

From Popular-Science

“I really learned how to be around people and how to be social and how to be just normal some degree,” Bjerg said.

From Washington Post

The bedroom thing seems more a matter of degree, and so is probably the linchpin here.

From Washington Post

He had third-degreed her into cowering and trembling indignation, into hectic mental uncertainties.

From Project Gutenberg

To-night, however, I sat Terry down at the end of the table and third degreed him to the queen's taste.

From Project Gutenberg

They promote their brand of degreed ignorance with religious zeal and punish all transgressors with fierceness and ruthlessness.

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