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There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.
Preston Manning

Meaning of "top-down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOP-DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOP-DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Top-Down is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TOP-DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

top-down

Top-down and bottom-up design

Top-down and bottom-up are both strategies of information processing and knowledge ordering, used in a variety of fields including software, humanistic and scientific theories, and management and organization. In practice, they can be seen as a style of thinking and teaching. A top-down approach is essentially the breaking down of a system to gain insight into its compositional sub-systems. In a top-down approach an overview of the system is formulated, specifying but not detailing any first-level subsystems. Each subsystem is then refined in yet greater detail, sometimes in many additional subsystem levels, until the entire specification is reduced to base elements. A top-down model is often specified with the assistance of "black boxes", these make it easier to manipulate. However, black boxes may fail to elucidate elementary mechanisms or be detailed enough to realistically validate the model. Top down approach starts with the big picture. It breaks down from there into smaller segments. A bottom-up approach is the piecing together of systems to give rise to more complex systems, thus making the original systems sub-systems of the emergent system.

Definition of top-down in the English dictionary

The definition of top-down in the dictionary is controlled, directed, or organized from the top.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOP-DOWN

top-cat
top-class
top-drawer
top-dress
top-end
top-flight
top-hat scheme
top-hatted
top-heavily
top-heaviness
top-heavy
top-hole
top-level
top-liner
top-loader
top-notch
top-notcher
top-of-the-line
top-of-the-range
top-ranked

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOP-DOWN

broken-down
button-down
close-down
down
dressing-down
lie-down
low-down
one-down
pull-down
put-down
right-down
run-down
scaled-down
sit-down
step-down
stripped-down
trickle-down
up-and-down
upside-down
warm-down
watered-down

Synonyms and antonyms of top-down in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «top-down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOP-DOWN

Find out the translation of top-down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of top-down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «top-down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自上而下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de arriba hacia abajo
570 millions of speakers

English

top-down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर से नीचे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من أعلى إلى أسفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сверху вниз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

top-down
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপাদোমোস্তোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de haut en bas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Top-down
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Top-down-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トップダウンの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하향식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhuwur-mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ trên xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேலிருந்து கீழ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरुन खाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yukarıdan aşağıya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

top -down
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

top-down
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зверху вниз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de sus în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

top -down
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

top -down
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Top-down-
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

top-down
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of top-down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP-DOWN»

The term «top-down» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.341 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about top-down

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6 QUOTES WITH «TOP-DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word top-down.
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Adam Braun
There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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Andrew Lansley
If I'm serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can't have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need.
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Rasmus Lerdorf
I'm OK with procedural code, and the web is a top-down type of problem. It makes sense to me that you have HTML, you spit out a bunch of HTML, then you call a function to do something and then call another function.
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Preston Manning
There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.
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Nicholas Negroponte
Nature is pretty good at networks, self-organizing systems. By contrast, social systems are top-down and hierarchical, from which we draw the basic assumption that organization and order can only come from centralism.
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Shashi Tharoor
The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOP-DOWN»

Discover the use of top-down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to top-down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Top-Down Network Design
Changes for the Third Edition Networks have changed in many ways since the second edition was published. Many legacy technologies have disappeared and are no longer covered in the book.
Priscilla Oppenheimer, 2010
2
Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters: Basic Designs in ...
A key reference for knitters of all skill levels, this is the new essential knitting resource on your bookshelf.
Ann Budd, 2012
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Top Down: Why Hierarchies are Here to Stay and how to Manage ...
This book shows how.Argues that every organization today—even those that disguise themselves as open or flat structures—are still hierarchies.
Harold J. Leavitt, 2005
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Top down policymaking
Thomas R. Dye is president of the Lincoln Center for Public Service, a nonprofit educational organization based in Florida. He was formerly McKenzie Professor of Government at Florida State University.
Thomas R. Dye, 2001
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Modern Top-Down Knitting: Sweaters, Dresses, Skirts & ...
Presents instructions for the top-down technique of knitting, along with patterns for such projects as dresses, skirts, jackets, and hats and a description of finishing methods.
Kristy McGowan, 2010
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Knitting Sweaters from the Top Down: Fabulous Seamless ...
Presents a colorful array of easy-to-make sweaters that use a seamless, top-down knitting technique that eliminates difficult construction challenges, accompanied by explanations of how to read patterns, understand sizing, design one's own ...
Cathy Carron, 2007
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From the top down: the executive role in volunteer program ...
A best seller since the first edition was published in 1986, this is the first and only book that addresses the top decision-maker's role in a volunteer program.
Susan J. Ellis, Jeffrey D. Kahn, Alan S. Glazer, 1996
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Landscape Ecology: A Top Down Approach
It establishes links between activities in one region and repercussions in another. Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach serves as a general introduction to this emerging area of study. In this book the authors take a "top down" approach.
James Sanderson, 1999
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A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog ...
The work presented here is neither a beginning nor an end in the development of a complete top-down, constraint-driven design methodology, but rather a step in its development. This work is divided into three parts.
‎1997
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Managing Liquidity in Banks: A Top Down Approach
This book is well-structured and provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to the topic.
Rudolf Duttweiler, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOP-DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term top-down is used in the context of the following news items.
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The tyranny of top-down education reform (or, if everyone has …
That's part of the post below about the problems of top-down education reform, written by Dave Powell, an associate professor of education at Gettysburg ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
The Whiplash of Xi Jinping's Top-Down Style
Decision-making has become top-down, more rushed and far less predictable. Many outsiders have always believed that China operates a Stalinist-style ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
3
Why Special Ops Stopped Relying So Much on Top-Down Leadership
When Fredrick Winslow Taylor designed the world's first modern assembly line and forever changed industry, persuasion was the last thing on his mind. «blogs.hbr.org, May 15»
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A Top-Down History of World War II
The most horrific and world-changing event in history traveling under one name is World War II. Some call it “the good war,” not because there was anything ... «American Spectator, May 15»
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Caddy previews top-down strategy
Cadillac execs believe that sales success for luxury brands flows from the top down, with desirable, high-end products setting the table for success at the ... «Automotive News, Mar 15»
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Good Branding Starts From The Top-Down: Fran Kelly
If you want good branding, you must turn your CEO into a “Brand Champion.” That's according to Fran Kelly, founder of a new brand consultancy called ... «Forbes, Feb 15»
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Scott Walker: Obama's 'top-down' approach doesn't work
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker criticized President Obama's State of the Union Address, calling the Democrat's approach a “top-down, government-knows-best ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»
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Why Top-Down Management Doesn't Work in the Fight Against Ebola
Czars impose top down solutions and insist on conformance. Coordinators reach out across boundaries to learn what other parties bring – and what they need. «blogs.hbr.org, Dec 14»
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MiniDayZ is a free, top-down DayZ
Bohemia Interactive has released a free version of DayZ. Sort of. It's MiniDayZ: a top-down, singleplayer take on DayZ's zombie survival. The game was ... «PC Gamer, Nov 14»
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What Works Best For Measuring Marketing Impact? Top-Down
The discipline of marketing science arose from marketers' number one need: to know what advertising efforts work. What are the forces that drive sales up or ... «Marketing Land, Jul 14»

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