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Definition top-down in American English

top-down adjective

adjective
1

controlled by the people with the highest status in an organization

Example

top-down bureaucracy

Synonyms and related words
above above my paygrade A-list
2

starting at a general level and then moving to more specific things

Example

a top-down approach

Synonyms and related words
as if bottom-up by dint of something
Definition top-down in American English