101

American  

[wuhn-oh-wuhn] / ˈwʌn oʊˈwʌn /

adjective

1. comprising the introductory material in or as if in a course of study (used postpositively).

   Economics 101; Life 101; It's Jungle 101 on a trip up the Amazon.

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Etymology

Origin of 101

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

After Li’s death in China at age 101, she stuffed materials in her luggage and flew to California.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

For Richards, the sequence of the 101 drawings he picked for his book, out of over 1,000 that he carefully catalogs in a database, mirrors the progression of his own thinking about money.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Downtown Los Angeles could hit 101 on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

Big brains associated with the school have collected 101 Nobel Prizes—a tally that ranks behind only those nerdbots at Harvard and Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

“That’s Survival 101: use your available senses. If you can’t see something, you gotta be able to figure out where it is by other means. In this case: use your hearing.”

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone