Adverb
On the highest point or surface.
Stand on top and look down.
A cake with cream on top.
(idiomatic) In a dominant position.
At the end of the season, Manchester United came out on top.
Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help. Alex Haley
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. H. L. Mencken
As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you. Malawi Proverb
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree. Nigerian Proverb
Hens perched on top will shit on those below. South American Proverb