top (original) (raw)
top noun (IN BASEBALL)
top noun (CLOTHES)
top noun (LID)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
top noun (MOST IMPORTANT)
at the top Life at the top is stressful.
at the top of At 40, he was at the top of his profession.
top noun (TOY)
top noun (EARRING)
top noun (LEAVES)
Idioms
top adjective [before noun] (UPPER PART)
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"You coming, then? " "Yeah, top!"
top verb (HIGHEST PART)
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top verb (MOST IMPORTANT)
top verb (BEST)
top verb (KILL)
Idioms
Phrasal verbs
used with many different words to mean "best":
(Definition of top from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
top | American Dictionary
top noun (HIGHEST PART)
top noun (LID)
top noun (TOY)
top noun (CLOTHING)
top noun (BEST POSITION)
Idioms
top adjective [not gradable] (UPPER)
top adjective, adverb [not gradable] (BEST)
Top is used with many different words to mean best:
top verb [T] (BE HIGHER THAN)
top verb [T] (MAKE BETTER)
Idiom
Phrasal verbs
(Definition of top from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
top | Business English
be at the top of your game informal
from the top down
There have been mutiple failures, from the top down.
Change has been imposed from the top down.
Phrasal verbs
(Definition of top from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of top
top
Younging direction is towards the top of the photo.
Presentation may be centered between the top and the bottom of the screen.
The top half of the students was allocated to the key class and the poorer half to the ordinary one.
A complete specification of the model will require more investigation of the role of _top_-down inhibition among representations.
However, two top acts took less co-operative stances.
Thus, the refinement of abstract model into a detailed one is, in their interpretation, a feature of _top_-down design.
We will speak of the top, bottom, and two (vertical) sides of such a rectangle.
Although no visible zonation, the layer was sampled in several steps from bottom to top.
For each point, the bottom line indicates when it is visible, the top line indicates when it is selected for feature extraction.
In the restricted syntax, _top_-level classes do not contain nested classes; all types are _top_-level class names; and methods are monomorphic.
Experimental test in lowland tropical forest shows _top_-down effects through four trophic levels.
This implies that there are strong pressures toward the consolidation of a vertical organizational structure where the best performers cluster at the top.
These points or places are: where the sun rises; where it reaches the top; where the sun sets; and where it reaches bottom.
It exists on top of the music; it's not really part of the music.
All figures are of coronal sections; dorsal to top, lateral to left.
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Collocations with top
These are words often used in combination with top.
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She wore a pink bikini top and short shorts, and her torso was redesigned (this appearance has remained in subsequent games).
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It was only available as a package; that is, power assisted windows, front seat, and convertible top (where applicable).
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Dramatic contrast effects with light and dark fabrics are created by various layouts of the blocks when forming a quilt top.
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