top down's Usage Examples:

when first produced but begin to turn purple from the top down as male anthesis begins.

There are two basic approaches that can be used: bottom up analysis and top down analysis.

"bottom up" structure in contrast to most international environmental law treaties, which are "top down", characterized by standards and targets set internationally.

the top downward, drawing a steady, laminar stream of fresh air from the air hole as it burns.

Less severe offenders would be cudgelled "top down", with a lethal first blow to the neck.

There are two basic approaches that can be used: bottom up analysis and top down analysis.

Cutting from the top down is overbucking and from the bottom up is underbucking.

It was on this show that TBS/WCW experimented with a top down camera angle, which did not catch on.

an emotional entity influencing individual members" emotional states (top down) or the sum of the individuals" emotional states (bottom up).

Visual attention is influenced by top down and bottom up attentional processes.

Shaft mining or shaft sinking is excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom.

Synonyms:

downward, downwards, downwardly,

Antonyms:

up, upwardly, upward, upwards,