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top-down
[top-doun]
adjective
relating to, originating with, or directed by those of highest rank.
a centralized, top-down organization with a chain of command reporting up from every corner of the earth.
organized or proceeding from the larger, more general structure to smaller, more detailed units, as in processing information.
Top-down investing looks at the big picture, or how the overall economy drives the markets, and then focuses on individual stocks.
Computers.noting or relating to a methodology used in the design and coding of programs that takes a high-level description of a problem and successively breaks it into smaller and simpler subunits.
top-down
adjective
controlled, directed, or organized from the top
Word History and Origins
Origin of top-down1
Example Sentences
But in the fleet, pacey manner of the editing, toggling between private and public moments with highlight-reel efficiency, the film is a stirring glimpse of top-down kindness as a winning leadership style.
“We did a top-down farming simulator. Why? Because it’s really relaxing and honestly quite delightful in games,” Rashd said.
"We do not want to be constrained by a bungling top-down bureaucratic military structure. Our defence is guaranteed by Nato."
“It’s a top-down push for an unaffordable, unnecessary tunnel that fails to solve the state’s real water challenges,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of the group Restore the Delta.
And without a top-down overhaul, Probation Department critics fear nothing will change.
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