1 any piece of light clothing worn on the part of the body above the waist:
3 the most important position in a group or organization:
At 40, he was at the top of his profession.
Life at the top is stressful.
4 a spinning top
5 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
6 the leaves of a vegetable plant grown mainly for its roots:
8 in the part nearest to the highest part; in the upper part:
9 (in the position of being) most important or successful; best:
10 excellent:
11 to be on the upper surface of something, especially as a decoration:
12 to be the most important, most successful, etc.:
13 to do, pay, etc. more or better than anyone else:
"They've offered me £1,000." "I'm afraid we can't top that."
She topped my suggestion with an even better one of her own.
14 to kill yourself
17 a cover or lid used to close a container:
a bottle top
18 a toy with rounded sides that you can spin on a point at its bottom
19 a piece of clothing worn esp. by women on the part of the body above the waist:
20 the most important or successful position in a group or organization:
At forty he was at the top of (= one of the leaders of) his profession.
22 (in the position of being) at the highest level of importance, achievement, or success; best:
23 to be more than:
24 to do, pay, etc. more than anyone else; to make something more or better:
25 the most important or successful position in an organization, activity, etc.:
26 to be able to use your skills and abilities to a very high level, and even more than you have done previously:
She's 55 and at the top of her game as an entrepreneur.
27 to be the winner in a competitive situation:
28 at all levels in a company, including the most important managers:
There have been mutiple failures, from the top down.
From the top down, staff are remarkably optimistic.
Change has been imposed from the top down.
29 in addition to something:
30 → front of mind
31 most important or successful in an organization, activity, etc.:
32 in the highest position or rank:
top 10/50/100, etc. A number of Fortune Magazine's top 500 companies maintain headquarters or major facilities in New Jersey.
33 very successfully:
a top performing/top achieving company
34 to do something better than you did previously, or better than someone else:
35 to be more than a particular number or amount:
36 to be in the highest position in a list or rank:
They top the list of high-performing investments.
From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see the full extent of Manhattan.
The cloud lifted, and the tops of the mountains suddenly came into view .
I haven't got a top that goes with this skirt.
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