atop
pronunciation
How to pronounce atop in British English:
UK [əˈtɒp]
How to pronounce atop in American English:
US [əˈtɑp]
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- Adverb:
- on, to, or at the top
Word Origin
- atop (adv.)
- 1650s, from a- (1) + top. Two words or hyphenated at first; not fully established as one word till late 19c.
Example
- 1. Inside , 107 bodies lay atop a blue plastic tarp .
- 2. Another source of energy stands behind the house : a wind generator atop a 65 foot tower .
- 3. B was an interpreted language - meaning it was executed by an intermediate piece of software running atop a cpu - but c was a compiled language .
- 4. At one point yeltsin climbed atop a tank and rallied the people to oppose the coup .
- 5. It has shown its athletic prowess by climbing atop the medals table in the opening days of competition .