Atop
preposition
On top of or above.
The castle sat atop the hill.
Often appears as...
- atop the hill
- atop the mountain
preposition
On top of or above.
The castle sat atop the hill.
Often appears as...
- atop the hill
- atop the mountain
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Pro Tip 1/3Elevated Position
Use 'atop' to describe something high up or elevated, giving a sense of superiority or prominence.
A flag waved atop the tall building, visible from miles away.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Surface
'Atop' indicates a physical position, meaning touching or resting on the surface of something else.
A delicate vase sat atop the polished dresser.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Atop' can be used metaphorically to express a concept like being at the peak of an abstract idea.
She stood atop the corporate ladder after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 1/3Elevated Position
Use 'atop' to describe something high up or elevated, giving a sense of superiority or prominence.
A flag waved atop the tall building, visible from miles away.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Surface
'Atop' indicates a physical position, meaning touching or resting on the surface of something else.
A delicate vase sat atop the polished dresser.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Atop' can be used metaphorically to express a concept like being at the peak of an abstract idea.
She stood atop the corporate ladder after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 1/3Elevated Position
Use 'atop' to describe something high up or elevated, giving a sense of superiority or prominence.
A flag waved atop the tall building, visible from miles away.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Surface
'Atop' indicates a physical position, meaning touching or resting on the surface of something else.
A delicate vase sat atop the polished dresser.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Atop' can be used metaphorically to express a concept like being at the peak of an abstract idea.
She stood atop the corporate ladder after years of hard work.
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How India could pull off...
atop towers taller than a football field is long. The wind turbine blades are manufactured in India, and the electricity they'll go on to generate will help power economic growth. Renewable energy offers India a cleaner and more prosperous future than coal ever can. Unless we hasten the transition,
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Why do we have hair in...
because they sit atop active facial muscles that convey our feelings. Eyelashes have been shown to minimize airflow over our eyeballs, preventing them from drying out and catching debris. And maybe facial hair proved helpful in distinguishing identity from a distance, but we really don’t know.
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See how the rest of the...
which is the richest group. But the students, when you ask them, they think they are in the middle. And how can you understand the world when you see all these scary images from the world, and you think you live in the middle, while you're actually atop? Not very easy.
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
And Mr. Berlusconi knows it, as he sits atop this huge empire of media and television and so on and so forth. And all of the wonderful creative minds who are in all the advertising agencies, and who help corporate sell us things we absolutely don't require,
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How big is the ocean? -...
sitting atop its newly submerged peak. Put another way, the depth of the Challenger Deep is roughly the same height that commercial airliners travel. So, pretty much however you choose to slice it, the ocean is capital B capital I, capital G, BIG!
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The most groundbreaking...
one atop another, oldest up to newest. If layers were deformed, tilted, cut by a fault or a canyon, that change came after the layer formed. Sounds simple today; back then, revolutionary. He'd invented stratigraphy and laid geology's ground work.
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
but I stamped my foot again. Once on, the transporter worked best when I didn't touch it. "Go," I said again, sweat forming on my brow. When nothing moved, I chanced giving the two large suitcases sitting atop the force field a shove.
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Red Howler Monkeys PIPE...
chewing their way through the tough rainforest leaves the other 15 hours they sleep there's two others in the tree the big male atop there he's coming down
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180° Kathmandu, City of...
many worshipers believe the stupa sits atop an entrance to the underworld the worshipers been prayer wheels light candles and pray for protection thanks
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The art of winging it PIPE...
please don't wash away the story for us all that I have left else you leave me with this body piled up atop this mess
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How India could pull off...
atop towers taller than a football field is long. The wind turbine blades are manufactured in India, and the electricity they'll go on to generate will help power economic growth. Renewable energy offers India a cleaner and more prosperous future than coal ever can. Unless we hasten the transition,
Video examples
Why do we have hair in...
because they sit atop active facial muscles that convey our feelings. Eyelashes have been shown to minimize airflow over our eyeballs, preventing them from drying out and catching debris. And maybe facial hair proved helpful in distinguishing identity from a distance, but we really don’t know.
Video examples
See how the rest of the...
which is the richest group. But the students, when you ask them, they think they are in the middle. And how can you understand the world when you see all these scary images from the world, and you think you live in the middle, while you're actually atop? Not very easy.
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
And Mr. Berlusconi knows it, as he sits atop this huge empire of media and television and so on and so forth. And all of the wonderful creative minds who are in all the advertising agencies, and who help corporate sell us things we absolutely don't require,
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How big is the ocean? -...
sitting atop its newly submerged peak. Put another way, the depth of the Challenger Deep is roughly the same height that commercial airliners travel. So, pretty much however you choose to slice it, the ocean is capital B capital I, capital G, BIG!
Video examples
The most groundbreaking...
one atop another, oldest up to newest. If layers were deformed, tilted, cut by a fault or a canyon, that change came after the layer formed. Sounds simple today; back then, revolutionary. He'd invented stratigraphy and laid geology's ground work.
Video examples
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
but I stamped my foot again. Once on, the transporter worked best when I didn't touch it. "Go," I said again, sweat forming on my brow. When nothing moved, I chanced giving the two large suitcases sitting atop the force field a shove.
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Red Howler Monkeys PIPE...
chewing their way through the tough rainforest leaves the other 15 hours they sleep there's two others in the tree the big male atop there he's coming down
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180° Kathmandu, City of...
many worshipers believe the stupa sits atop an entrance to the underworld the worshipers been prayer wheels light candles and pray for protection thanks
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The art of winging it PIPE...
please don't wash away the story for us all that I have left else you leave me with this body piled up atop this mess
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Our founders built a new order atop specifically European intellectual traditions.
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Maps help us in tracking our cabs - if they're idle, headed for a booking, or in the midst of a trip. With custom systems built atop maps using available APIs, we are able to manage our inventory extremely well, predict ETAs for customers, and optimally allocate the nearest cab to a booking request.
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Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. But it's hard to imagine her name atop the GOP ballot in 2016, when a cast of heavyweights who sat out 2012 will be vying for the nomination.
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I was as alone as a person can be. I could not turn to a friend, for nobody wished to befriend me. I was toxic, and everyone knew it. To be near me was to be near hardship. Wise people stayed far away. I was alone, atop a mountain of rage. Why was I made to wear these awful scars?
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Michael Paterniti
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Athletico Mince' started life as a football podcast but has dropped the football, unless the latest on the state of the 'hair island' atop Steve McLaren's head is your idea of football coverage.
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If anyone understands the enormous mountain that cruiserweights like myself have to climb, it's WWE champion Daniel Bryan - who not only climbed that mountain but now stands atop it.
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