one thousand and one
English edit
| ← 1,000 | 1,001 | 1,100 → |
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| Cardinal: one thousand and one, one thousand one, thousand and one, thousand one Ordinal: one thousand and first, thousand-and-first, thousand-first | ||
Noun edit
one thousand and one (uncountable)
- The figure 1,001.
- A great many; numerous.
- Synonym: one hundred and one
- 1907, League of Iowa Municipalities, Midland Municipalities, page 10:
- But poor fool, he did not know until that minute that there were one thousand and one reasons why a new building should not be assessed so much as an old one.
- 1980, Pauline Hunt, Gender and Class Consciousness, page 27:
- The same as me, when I learnt the trade (in the pottery industry) there were one thousand and one things that seemed insignificant in that job, but they all amounted into one big thing.
- 2000, James Vadackumchery, Police, Women and Gender Justice, page 71:
- The women have one thousand and one reasons/causes/factors /justifications for their indulgence in immoral traffic or prostitution.
Translations edit
the figure 1,001
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