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/tɒp/ adjective [always before noun]

Translation

BEST the best, most important, or most successful
en iyi/önemli/başarılı
He's one of the country's top athletes.22182444
HIGHEST at the highest part of something
en üst, tepe
I can't reach the top shelf. I had to undo the top button of my jeans.1716
(Definition of top adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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