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

Downtown Los Angeles could hit 101 degrees and Glendale may reach 104 degrees on Tuesday as a record-shattering March heat wave grips the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

Former Harlequins scrum-half Care, 39, played 101 times for England and trotted out against Exeter Chiefs to mark his 395th and final club appearance last May.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Yossarian, with his temperature of 101, could go to the hospital whenever he wanted to because he was not afraid of them.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller