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on top of en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  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 it all, you just! DON'T! LISTEN! 2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (28:06 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Pomni (Lizzie Freeman):
    • […] and on top of all that, I got a puncture!
    • No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever. Those nations didn’t treat you with hospitality on your travels out of Egypt, and on top of that they also hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you. 2018, “Deuteronomy 23”, in Eugene H. Peterson, transl., The Message Deluxe Gift Bible, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 195:
  4. (idiomatic) Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with.
    • You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs.
    • I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation.

Relateds

on top of the world · on top of one's game · on top · on top of that · top it all off · live on top of one another

Translations (21)

ro la curent (informed and in control, up to speed) · fi hallinnassa (informed and in control, up to speed) · el επιπροσθέτως (in addition) · pl pod kontrolą (informed and in control, up to speed) · ar عِلَاوَةً عَلَى (in addition) · sk okrem (in addition) · fr en plus (in addition) · sk na dôvažok (in addition) · es encargarse de (informed and in control, up to speed) · fi päälle (in addition) · es a más de (in addition) · pl na dodatek (in addition) · fi lisäksi (in addition) · es encima de (in addition) · de auf dem Laufenden (informed and in control, up to speed) · arz فوق (in addition) · ro pe lângă (in addition) · fr de plus (in addition) · fi vauhdissa (informed and in control, up to speed) · pl oprócz (in addition) · sk nad (informed and in control, up to speed)