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jmdict 1352590 Active (id: 1084816)
上位 [news1,nf03]
じょうい [news1,nf03]
1. [n,adj-no]
▶ superior (in rank)
▶ top
▶ ranking
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2414140 上位四校【じょういしこう】 1. schools of the upper quartile; highly ranked schools
2. [n] {computing}
▶ higher order (e.g. byte)
3. [n] {computing}
▶ host computer (of connected device)



History:
4. A 2012-02-06 22:25:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think this is just another way of expressing sense 1. For (virtually) all "adj-no", the の is often dropped, so the "n-pref" POS is not really needed.
  Diff:
@@ -17,1 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>superior (rank not class)</gloss>
+<gloss>superior (in rank)</gloss>
+<gloss>top</gloss>
@@ -19,4 +20,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
-<gloss>top (members of a ranking, e.g. top 3 companies)</gloss>
3. A* 2012-02-06 15:21:07  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 example
  Comments:
Add sense “top N (companies etc.)” – saw used as this in class, and “top N companies” specifically is a common pattern (in textbook, GG5, and our current example sentence).
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +21,4 @@
+<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
+<gloss>top (members of a ranking, e.g. top 3 companies)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
2. A 2011-09-15 08:38:49  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2011-09-15 07:07:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Mainichi article use of 上位独占, 上位の独占 gets 300k hits.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,1 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +18,1 @@
+<gloss>ranking</gloss>

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