Nowadays, everyone strives for perfection, probably even more than in some other times. Men and women are in constant pursuit of the ideal. This applies to appearance, internal qualities, labor activity, any achievements and material values. It’s fashionable to be the best, fashionable to stand out. So there are various ratings and tops, which are considered prestigious to get into. Top - what does this concept mean? Let's figure it out!
What is TOP?
The word “top” itself has English roots and literally translates as “top”. If you develop this concept, it becomes clear - the top, top, top, above all. That is, to be in the “top” means to be on top, ahead of everyone, to occupy leadership positions.
It is to this leadership that many people strive. Getting into a rating, a person automatically becomes famous, famous.
The same definitions can be attributed not only to people, but also to their fields of activity, in general, to any groups and concepts that can be compared with each other.
Thus, one can distinguish many top ratings. Usually they are divided into top 10, top 20, and others, as necessary. Consider the most popular.
In professional activity
Each person, getting a job or starting to engage in any business that will bring him profit, initially strives for continuous improvement of results, for growth. Of course, this applies to those who are inherent in ambition.
And it is precisely these bold, firm steps on the career ladder that ultimately bring leading positions. From ordinary workers, people turn into leading specialists.
For example, a mid-level manager becomes a top manager, an ordinary hairdresser grows into a top stylist, a standard model becomes a top model, an unknown person making a video becomes a top blogger, and so on.
Area of success
Having achieved certain successes and material well-being, his place in society, fame, each person also dreams of getting into some kind of popular rating. After all, it is by studying the profiles of rich, successful, famous people who are in any ranking that each person who does not have such benefits receives a certain incentive for his own growth. And those who are in the top personalities acquire the opportunity to increase their fortune and gain even greater fame. It becomes absolutely clear what the top means for the upper strata of society. Consider the popular ratings:
- the richest people;
- the most successful people;
- the most popular celebrities (actors, singers and musicians, producers, directors);
- the most prominent inventors;
- the most talented athletes.
Top works of art
Under the works of art these days we can understand not only the masterpieces of world culture. Theater and cinema, animation, literature, photography, painting - these are also forms of art. Theatrical productions, films, cartoons, books, photographs, paintings also have their own rating depending on popularity and fall into the top 50, top 20, or even the “top ten”. And popularity is determined by how the viewer, reader, in a word, the consumer, perceives and evaluates a particular work.
The following tops can be distinguished:
- theatrical productions;
- top films (full-length, documentary, art house, etc.);
- cartoons (Russian, foreign, anime);
- popular literature and authors;
- photographic works and photo artists;
- paintings in certain styles, as well as exhibitions and exhibition halls;
- top songs.
Top wealth
Top - what does this concept mean in the world of material values?
Speaking of something material, we mean the acquisition of certain household items, means of transportation. As well as real estate, jewelry, clothes, shoes. And in general, everything that surrounds us and lends itself to systematization can be distinguished in one or another rating. For example, the top of modern cars.
Or such a global rating can be narrowed down to the list of the best cars of any class, a certain brand, country, and so on, there are an infinite number of options.
Another example is the rating of suburban real estate. We narrow down: a list of the best houses made of wood or brick. Rating by remoteness from settlements, territorial location, area of the houses themselves and surrounding territories. You can list for a very long time, since the topic is quite extensive.
Rating of the best jewelry and jewelry by type of metal, by the presence of precious stones, by type, by country of production.
Everything related to clothes, shoes, accessories is a rating of the most fashionable trends of a certain season, the most fashionable colors, style, cut, etc. This also includes designers and fashion houses, as well as brands.
Of course, the article does not list all the categories that can be placed on certain lists of the best or most popular. Only a small part is described with examples, so that the answer to the question of whether the top means what has been revealed.