thousand one

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English

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English numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000 1,001 1,100  → 
    Cardinal: one thousand and one, one thousand one, thousand and one, thousand one
    Ordinal: one thousand and first, thousand-and-first, thousand-first

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thousand one

  1. (US) One thousand plus one.
  2. (informal) The ordinality of an element whose predecessor is thousandth; usually called thousand-first (US) or thousand-and-first (UK) but sometimes number thousand one (US) or number thousand and one (UK).
  3. (informal) A great number.
    I have a thousand and one things to do today.
  4. (Malaysia, colloquial) One thousand plus one hundred. (1100)

Usage notes

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In Malaysian English, 1100, 1200, and other numbers combining a thousand and hundreds are known as "thousand one", "thousand two", "thousand three", and so on. The last of these, 1900, is therefore known as "thousand nine".

For 1001, it is known as "thousand and one", based on British English. For 1101, it is known as "one thousand hundred and one".

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