English
Preposition
en-prep
- On the top of.
#:He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
#*1966, The Minnesota Review, vol. 6, page 242
#*:A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
#*2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48
#*:"And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
- On the top, with "of".
Usage notes
"Atop of" was formerly much more commonly used than now.
Derived terms
thereatop
Synonyms
ontop qualifier|mainly US
Adverb
en-adv|-
- context|literary|_|or|_|archaic On, to, or at the top.
#*1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing 2004, p. 46:
#*: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.
#*1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row 1978, p. 102:
#*:The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.
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fr:atop
io:atop
it:atop
ru:atop
fi:atop
te:atop
vi:atop
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