n.
academic title
1) to award a ~ to; to confer a ~ on
2) to do ( BE ), earn, receive, take a ~
3) an academic; advanced, graduate, postgraduate ( esp. BE ); college ~
4) an earned; honorary ~
5) a bachelor's; doctoral, doctor's; master's ~
6) ( BE ) a good ~ ('a first or upper second at a British university')
7) a ~ in (to take a ~ in history)
extent
level
8) to achieve a ~ (to achieve a high ~ of proficiency)
9) a great, high, large; slight ~
10) to a ~ (to a high ~)
form of an adjective or adverb
11) the comparative; positive; superlative ~
misc.
12) by ~s ('gradually'); ( BE ; colloq. ) to a ~ ('to a very high ~')