TOP TEN | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of top ten in English top tennoun [ C usually singular ] uk /ˌtɒp ˈten/ us /ˌtɑːp ˈten/ Add to word list Add to word list the ten most popular or successful things in a group of similar things, or the ten things that someone likes best: into the top ten In a new list of best travel websites, ours makes it into the top ten. [ before noun ] "Casablanca" is one of my top ten films. the set of ten songs that have been bought by the largest numbers of people in the previous week: in the top ten The song has been in the top ten for three weeks. Pop, rock & soul

• acid rock
• agit-pop
• alt-rock
• anti-rock
• art-rocker
• drum and bass
• electronica
• emo
• Europop
• floor filler
• jazz-rock
• K-pop
• lyrically
• mod
• Motown
• supergroup
• techno
• thrash metal
• Tin Pan Alley
• top 40

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Examples of top ten

top ten Table 2 shows the top ten most important clinical teaching characteristics based on the highest mean scores for both the staff and the students, respectively. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of the top ten objects other than complement clauses, again eight are pronouns. From the Cambridge English Corpus Aging farm operators was ranked fifth under interval ranking and among the top ten under ordinal ranking. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their individual shares ranked within the top ten in these census years. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of the top ten subjects, eight are pronouns. From the Cambridge English Corpus Among these nouns, though, there is the oddity of children featuring in the top ten. From the Cambridge English Corpus Table 2 gives both the mean reciprocal rank and the number of questions for which no answer was found for the top ten runs of each length. From the Cambridge English Corpus One can hardly read a newspaper or watch television today without learning about 'the top ten icons of the century' or note the celebrations of the 'birthday of an icon'. From the Cambridge English Corpus Secondly, the directive proposes to compile a top ten list of vehicles according to class. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I do not think it is even in the "top ten" now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These pages are amongst the top ten most popular of this site's environmental information pages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is an experiment which certainly should be pursued with the top ten in industry who are leading our exporters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The average record in the top ten will sell 100,000 copies, and that is considered to be a substantial success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are among the top ten forces in solving crimes of violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some companies may appear on the top ten client lists of more than one firm of accountants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of top ten These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of top ten?

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