first-degree
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
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of or relating to the highest or most serious in a series.
Example Sentences
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The project follows more than 5,000 healthy first degree relatives of people with Crohn's disease.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
According to CNN, "a charge of murder in the first degree is rare because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged."
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
The Student Awards Agency Scotland pays £1,820 per year tuition fees on behalf of most Scottish undergraduate students working towards their first degree.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
“Falsification of business records in the first degree — it sounds so bad,” Mr. Trump said.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
Josiah was born in 1709, and took his first degree in 1728.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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