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101

Today it means: Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary. Full definition →

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101 · adjective, noun1

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”.

101 · determiner2

A variant of one hundred and one.

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