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atop en · ADP

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈtɒp/

Etymology

From a- (“on”) + top.

Meanings

1. On the top of.
   • He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
   • For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels. 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.
   • "And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again. 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48:
2. (dated) On the top (with of).
   • He sat atop of the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.

Deriveds

thereatop

Synonyms

ontop · on top

Translations (36)

nl bovenop (on the top of) · it sopra (on the top of) · lad enriva de (on the top of) · ga ar bharr (on the top of) · it su (on the top of) · fi päällä (on the top of) · ca a la cima (on the top of) · cmn 在……頂上 /在……顶上 (on the top of) · de zuoberst (on the top of) · de obenauf (on the top of) · fr en haut de (on the top of) · qu pata (on the top of) · es encima de (on the top of) · hu tetején (on the top of) · sv på toppen av (on the top of) · eo sur (on the top of) · pt sobre (on the top of) · la supra (on the top of) · arz فوق (on the top of) · ar فَوْق (on the top of) · sco atap (on the top of) · de obendrauf (on the top of) · sk navrch (on the top of) · ru наверху (on the top of) · hi के ऊपर (on the top of) · sk navrchu (on the top of) · fr au-dessus de (on the top of) · fi huipulla (on the top of) · nv bikáaʼgi (on the top of) · it sur (on the top of) · pl na (on the top of) · it in cima a (on the top of) · km លើ (on the top of) · gun áry (on the top of) · it in cima (on the top of) · th ข้างบน (on the top of)

atop en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈtɒp/

Etymology

From a- (“on”) + top.

Meanings

1. (archaic, literary, not-comparable) On, to, or at the top.
   • Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity. 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:
   • The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop. 1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row, published 1978, page 102:
   • He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown. 1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, page 46:

Translations (9)

sk navrch (on, to or at the top) · fi päälle (on, to or at the top) · fi päällä (on, to or at the top) · hu felül (on, to or at the top) · cmn 在……頂上 /在……顶上 (on, to or at the top) · hu fent (on, to or at the top) · fr en haut de (on, to or at the top) · pl na wierzchu (on, to or at the top) · sk navrchu (on, to or at the top)