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

For decades, Econ 101 held that raising the minimum wages killed jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

We were at a rest stop off Highway 101, sitting at a picnic table.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate