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top-down

DEFINITIONS OF: top-down

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adj of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details

“a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends”
top-down programming”
Antonyms:
bottom-up
of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level
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