9.3.1 Degree
Use this domain for words that indicate a degree on a scale.
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(1) What words refer to the degree of something?
Example words: degree, extent, level, thus
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(2) What words indicate a degree on a scale?
Example words: high, low, greater, lesser, first, primary, secondary
Ambassador Stevenson is a very <high> level official.; <Low> priority tasks should be placed later in the list.; The musician gave a <first> rate performance.; Finding a suitable place to live was of <primary> importance.
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(3) What words refer to a marked extent?
Example words: up to, as much as, to the degree that
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(4) What words refer to a change in degree?
Example words: fluctuate, fluctuation, move, vary
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(5) What words express a comparative degree?
Example words: more, -er
fast<er>
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(6) What words express a superlative degree?
Example words: most, -est
fast<est>