Meaning

4 senses
  1. Atop.

    There's a house on top of the mountain.

  2. Very close to, in any orientation or in time.

    Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful.

    At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next.

  3. (idiomatic)In addition to something else.

    […] and on top of all that, I got a puncture!

  4. (idiomatic)Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with.

    I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation.

    You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs.

    auf dem Laufenden

Examples

3150 sentences
  1. From now on, you're one of us.

    Відтепер, ти один із нас. — deniko

    ruОтныне ты один из нас. — odexed

    deVon nun an bist du eine von uns. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. We stood on the top of the mountain.

    Ми стояли на верхівці гори. — lingvokrolik

    ruМы стояли на вершине горы. — odexed

  3. Stay on this side of the yellow line.

    Залишайся на цьому боці від жовтої лінії. — deniko

  4. Tom is trying on a pair of shoes.

    Том міряє взуття. — deniko

  5. Tom wrote something on a piece of paper.

    Том щось написав на шматку паперу. — deniko

    ruТом что-то написал на клочке бумаги. — marafon

    deTom schrieb etwas auf ein Stück Papier. — raggione

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
informed and in control, up to speed:

Word family

1 related words
Relatedon top

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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