bottom-up

1. 1.

   of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level

   “bottom-up parser”

   “a bottom-up model of the reading process”

   Antonymstop-down

Questions about bottom-up

What does bottom-up mean?

bottom-up means "of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level".

How many syllables are in bottom-up?

bottom-up has 3 syllables: bot-to-m-up. The stress falls on "bot". In IPA it is /ˈbɑtəˌmʌp/.

What is the opposite of bottom-up?

The recorded antonyms are top-down.

Is bottom-up a common word?

bottom-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.