topnoun
uk/tɒp/us/tɑːp/top noun (HIGHEST PART)
A2 [ C ] the highest place or part:
[ C ] the flat upper surface of something:
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- From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see the full extent of Manhattan.
- She had her hair all piled up on top of her head.
- Their house is on the top of a hill.
- She showed me to an attic bedroom at the top of the house.
- The cloud lifted, and the tops of the mountains suddenly came into view .
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- brow
- crest
- edge
- foot
- framed
- fringe
- front
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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top noun (CLOTHES)
B1 [ C ] any piece of light clothing worn on the part of the body above the waist:
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- I was wearing a warm top.
- She left her tracksuit top at the gym.
- I haven't got a top that goes with this skirt.
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Jumpers, shirts & tee-shirts
- blouse
- bodysuit
- boob tube
- cardigan
- cardy
- Hawaiian shirt
- hoodie
- jersey
- kameez
- kurta
- roll neck
- shirt
- skivvy
- sweater
- sweatshirt
- tunic
- turtleneck
- twinset
- V-neck
- vest
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top noun (LID)
C1 [ C ] the cover or lid used to close a container or pen:
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- I dropped the bottle top under the table.
- Make sure you do the top up properly.
- Has this box got a top?
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Lids, covers and stoppers
- bezel
- bottle cap
- bottle top
- bung
- cosy
- cowl
- crystal
- fascia
- flap
- hood
- lid
- nozzle
- pen lid
- piano lid
- plug
- pull-tab
- resealable
- stopper
- tab
- tea cosy
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top noun (MOST IMPORTANT)
the most important position in a group or organization:
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Success and achievements
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- boom
- dizzy
- escapade
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat
- feather
- fruition
- have sth under your belt idiom
- laugh
- perform/work miracles/a miracle idiom
- prospect
- quantum leap
- sellout
- success
- success story
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top noun (TOY)
[ C ] a spinning top
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Toys & dolls
- action figure
- beanbag
- building block
- cat's cradle
- go-kart
- golliwog
- golly
- gyro
- gyroscope
- hand puppet
- kaleidoscope
- marble
- pinwheel
- Play-Doh
- sandcastle
- scooter
- soft toy
- teddy
- trike
- windmill
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top noun (EARRING)
[ C usually plural ] Indian English a piece of jewellery, usually one of a pair, worn in a hole in the ear or fastened to the ear by a clip; an earring
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Jewellery
- badge
- bead
- beaded
- bindi
- bling
- charm bracelet
- choker
- clip-on
- coronet
- crown
- filigree
- fob
- knuckleduster
- pearl
- pendant
- precious stone
- semiprecious
- tiepin
- trinket
- wedding ring
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top noun (LEAVES)
the leaves of a vegetable plant grown mainly for its roots:
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Parts of plants
- aerial root
- bud
- cambium
- cane
- corm
- cotyledon
- fig leaf
- frond
- lamina
- leafless
- lily pad
- meristem
- micropyle
- nectary
- needle
- rootstock
- testa
- the treetops
- trunk
- twig
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Idiom(s)
topadjective [ before noun ]
uk/tɒp/us/tɑːp/top adjective [ before noun ] (HIGHEST PART)
B1 [ before noun ] at the highest part of something:
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- The top few buttons on his shirt were open, revealing a mat of dark hair on his chest.
- The top deck of the bus was always full of people smoking.
- The burglars gained entry by a top window.
- Apply a fine line of highlighter along the middle of your top lip.
- The tune was pitched too high for me to reach the top notes.
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- brow
- crest
- edge
- foot
- framed
- fringe
- front
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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top adjective [ before noun ] (UPPER PART)
in the part nearest to the highest part; in the upper part:
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- brow
- crest
- edge
- foot
- framed
- fringe
- front
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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topadjective, adverb
uk/tɒp/us/tɑːp/B1 (in the position of being) most important or successful; best:
B1 Top people, organizations, or activities are the most important or successful ones:
as fast as possible:
B2 UK to be the student with the best results:
feeling or doing things as well as possible:
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- Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow process.
- I'd put him among the top six tennis players of all time.
- The car has a top speed of 155 miles per hour.
- She won the top prize.
- Matthew Le Tissier was Southampton's top goalscorer that season.
- Clubs who finish in the top four qualify to play in the Champions League.
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- bang
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- thrive
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
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topadjective, exclamation
uk/tɒp/us/tɑːp/UK informalexcellent:
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Extremely good
- admirable
- amazing
- ask for sb/sth
- award-winning
- awesome
- bowl
- brilliant
- incomparable
- incredible
- inspired
- irreplaceable
- life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
- outstanding
- parallel
- sterling
- superb
- superlatively
- supremacy
- supreme
- terrific
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topverb
uk/tɒp/us/tɑːp/-pp-top verb (HIGHEST PART)
C2 [ T ] also top off to be on the upper surface of something, especially as a decoration:
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- The mountains were topped with snow.
- Their party has topped all the recent polls.
- The coffee was topped with a swirl of cream.
- The book topped the bestseller list for weeks.
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- brow
- crest
- edge
- foot
- framed
- fringe
- front
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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top verb (MOST IMPORTANT)
C2 [ T ] to be the most important, most successful, etc.:
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Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk large idiom
- centrality
- come before sth/sb
- count
- cut
- cut to the chase idiom
- fish
- have bigger/other fish to fry idiom
- have/take pride of place idiom
- loom
- loom large idiom
- matter
- mean the world to sb idiom
- outweigh
- override
- reign
- rise
- signify
- weigh
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top verb (BEST)
[ T ] to do, pay, etc. more or better than anyone else:
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Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- exceed
- go one better idiom
- leave sb standing idiom
- outperform
- outran
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- shame
- tower
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- upstage
- writ large idiom
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top verb (KILL)
to kill yourself
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- destroy
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- mercy killing
- mortally
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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