thousand one

English

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

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".

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