hundred and one
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- numeral
- /ˈhʌndrəd ənd wʌn/
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- I gave her one hundred and one rupees.
- hundred and one years
- hundred and one objects
- hundred and one years old
Examples
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The recipe calls for a total of hundred and one ingredients to make the dish.
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One hundred and one questionnaires were sent, but it was discovered later that one mentor had left the district, thus leaving the number at one hundred.
Academic text (2003) -
I got a hundred and one.
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A hundred and one minutes.
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One hundred and one repairs were done in a period of 6 months.
Academic text (2001) -
One hundred and one years after the occupation, nothing had changed.
Fiction book (2001) -
(There are a hundred and one uses for a simple household object.)
Fiction book (1994) -
One hundred and one undergraduate students from a small southern United States predominantly white university (PWI) were in the classes.
Academic text (2003) -
The event saw a turnout of hundred and one participants, exceeding our expectations.
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After counting the students, we realized there were hundred and one in total.
Synonyms
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A number that is one more than one hundred
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Morphology
The meaning '101' is directly compositional from 'hundred' + 'and' + 'one' following regular number formation rules, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can derive the numeric value. Variation in dialectal phrasing (e.g. US 'one hundred one' without 'and') does not affect the transparent, predictable numeric interpretation.
Etymology
The number hundred and one is a way of saying hundred plus one. Imagine a neat pile of 100 apples with one extra apple on top; that's why it means 'one more than one hundred'.