When hovering over dropdown the dropdown-content is inside the navbar not outside of it

Like the header says, i have tried making my dropdown-content come under of the dropdown hover but it keeps going to the side of the navbar when i actually want it to come under the navbar, how do i make this happen? I tried changing the display on .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content element and it changed but not as i wanted it to so maybe it's that one that makes the faulty input?

<div class="topnav-centered">
  <a href="./index.html" > < website /> </a>
        </div>

        <div class="topnav-item">
            <div class="dropdown">
                <a href="#">Projects</a>
            <div class="dropdown-content">
                <a href="#">Link 1</a>
                <a href="#">Link 2</a>
                <a href="#">Link 3</a>
                <a href="#">Link 4</a>
            </div>

            </div>  
            <a href="#">Knowledge</a>
            <a href="#">Contact</a>
            <a href="#">About me</a>
        </div>
        </div>

.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0, 2);
    z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
    background-color: #f1f1f1;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
    display: inline-table;
}

.topnav {
    position: fixed;
    background-color: #EAEAEA;
    top: 0;
    width: 100%;
    box-shadow: 5px 5px 100px grey;
  }
  
  .topnav a {
    float: left;
    color: #4E4B50;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 14px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-family: sans-serif;
    transition: 0.3s;
  }
  
  .topnav a:hover {
    color: #7F7F7F;

}
  
  .topnav-centered a {
    float: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    font-size: 20px;
    transition: 0.3s;
    font-family: sans-serif;
  }

  .topnav-centered a:hover{
    float: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
  
  .topnav-right {
    float: right;
  }    ```