"on top of" meaning in English

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Preposition

Audio: En-au-on top of.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} on top of, {{en-prep}} on top of
  1. Atop. Related terms: live on top of one another, on top, on top of one's game, on top of that, on top of the world, top it all off
    Sense id: en-on_top_of-en-prep-vtvs5j~y Categories (other): English locatives Disambiguation of English locatives: 19 8 40 33
  2. Very close to, in any orientation or in time.
    Sense id: en-on_top_of-en-prep-O6Un1a8x
  3. (idiomatic) In addition to something else. Tags: idiomatic Translations (in addition): عِلَاوَةً عَلَى (ʕilāwatan ʕalā) (Arabic), فوق (fooʔ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), lisäksi (Finnish), päälle (Finnish), de plus (French), en plus (French), επιπροσθέτως (epiprosthétos) (Greek), na dodatek (Polish), oprócz (Polish), okrem (Slovak), na dôvažok (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-on_top_of-en-prep-HXQJPQtL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives, English phrasal prepositions, English prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 11 42 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 9 57 21 Disambiguation of English locatives: 19 8 40 33 Disambiguation of English phrasal prepositions: 20 12 39 30 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 17 14 50 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 15 43 24 Disambiguation of 'in addition': 3 7 81 9
  4. (idiomatic) Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with. Tags: idiomatic Translations (informed and in control, up to speed): hallinnassa (Finnish), vauhdissa (Finnish), auf dem Laufenden (German), nad (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-on_top_of-en-prep-0Yn-DlXK Categories (other): English locatives Disambiguation of English locatives: 19 8 40 33 Disambiguation of 'informed and in control, up to speed': 1 5 16 78

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