Noun academic degree has 1 sense
  1. academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
    --1 is a kind of award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels; qualification, makings
    --1 has particulars:
     associate degree, associate; bachelor's degree, baccalaureate; honours, honours degree; master's degree; doctor's degree, doctorate; law degree; honorary degree
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