101 en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌwʌnˌoʊˈwʌn/ (General-American)
- /ˌwʌnəʊˈwʌn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From 1 + 0 + 1, from the method of numbering courses in United States colleges, the initial or introductory course commonly being numbered “101”; for example, “Biology 101”.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, humorous, not-comparable, qualifier:alone or postpositive) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.
However much you work out, but especially if it's a lot, learning correct form and focusing on keeping your body safe is 101—not just while exercising, but also how you move around day to day.
2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and Her PT on How She Built Her Baywatch Bod + Her 10 Regular Workout Rules”, in Liz Plosser, editor, Women’s Health, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazine Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2023:Geology 101 tells us that you can’t build a reservoir on sandstone.
I'm taking a fascinating class all about the Hollywood Freeway. It's called 101: 101.
2017 September 12, Norm Macdonald Live, season 3, episode 11, spoken by Norm Macdonald:Ugh! Crash and burn! Next year, I’m taking flirting 101! I am so not good at this!
2003 June 22, Holly Henderson, Liz Tigelaar, “Ski Trip”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Samantha (“Sam”) (Jennifer Hale), Montreal, Que.: Marathon Media, via Teletoon, →OCLC:Since this is a series that emphasizes Social Relevance 101—a basic course on TV these days—the hood in that episode is just a good ghetto boy who has been led astray, and the cop is good old Paddy on the beat.
1972 November 6, Gerald Clarke, “Show Business: Viewpoints: The Rookies. ABC. Monday, 8–9 p.m. E.S.T.”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2011:My dog flunked out of Crate Training 101.
Companies sell directories, databases, reports, translation services, automatic translation software—and guidebooks for doing business away from home, which, in some cases, look much like simplified textbooks for Anthropology 101.
2003, Daniel Dor, “When Relativism Becomes a Marketing Strategy: Globalization, Knowledge and the World Language System”, in Andrea Krizsán, Violetta Zentai, editors, Reshaping Globalization: Multilateral Dialogues and New Policy Initiatives (CPS Books), Budapest, Hungary; New York, N.Y.: Central European University Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, part I (Production of Global Knowledge), page 66:A Class in Nation-Building 101 [title] As the President tries to develop a new strategy in Afghanistan, I wonder if this is the real lesson that we've learned in Afghanistan so far: that nation-building, like charity, probably begins at home.
2009 November 1, Bob Schieffer, “Face the Nation: A Class in Nation-building 101”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025:I went to NYU myself, I was a philo-major there, too. I took all the abstract philosophy courses in college, like truth and beauty, advanced truth and beauty, intermediate truth, introduction to God, Death 101.
1964 March (date recorded), “Private Life”, in Woody Allen (CP 518), spoken by Woody Allen, New York, N.Y.: Colpix Records, published July 1964, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025:
Translations (29)
cs úvodní (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · es introducción a … (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · fr le b.a.-ba de (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · pl abc (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · pl początkujący (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · hu kezdőknek (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · ru основы (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · cs začátečnický (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · nl les één (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · hu alapjai (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · eo enkonduka (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · fi alkeet (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · de Einführung (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · ja 入門 (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · eo baza (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · de Einmaleins (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · sv abc (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · fr les bases de (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · pl od początku (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · ru для чайников (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · fr élémentaire (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · fr l'abc de (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · pl podstawy (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · fi alkeis- (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · hu bevezető (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · vi nhập môn (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · de für Anfänger (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · hu egyszeregy (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary) · cs základní (of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary — see also basic, elementary)