tipped (off)

verb

past tense of tip (off)
as in notified

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipped (off)
  1. notified
  2. informed
  3. predicted
  4. apprised
  5. forecast
  6. prophesied
  7. foretold
  8. presaged
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  • Staff at only 40 of the 73 facilities (55 percent) notified or planned to notify internal Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) staff as recommended.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Kanawha County school district, in turn, notified the state of the existence of a new microschool.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of notified
Verb
  • This informed the wardrobe that encompasses a rock ’n’ roll attitude with glamour, allure and ease.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Boone informed Gerrit Cole that the fate of the season would be in his hands.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Back in 2009, there was a Department of Homeland Security report that predicted a rise in far-right extremism.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Few could have predicted the club would win its final seven games.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of predicted
Verb
  • Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of apprised
Verb
  • Barra, once bullish in forecasting that self-driving cars would arrive quickly, is more measured now.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As cryptocurrencies code-conjure themselves into being and a performative utterance can fix the price of a stock if uttered emphatically enough, arrest data is used to forecast the stock valuation of private prisons.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of forecast
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  • Big Brother, the surveillance state prophesied by George Orwell, has a new name — Flock.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Or, The Covenant, a group prophesied by the Elder Scrolls to end the Daedra Wars.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophesied
Verb
  • That night foretold a scenario that has kept repeating itself, which has revealed a clear dysfunction between the tournament’s schedule and the nature of tennis in 2026.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The prophecy of the film’s success was foretold when 70mm screening tickets for The Odyssey sold out quickly upon release one year before the movie was set to debut, according to The Los Angeles Times.
    — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Definition of foretold
Verb
  • Their ’90s output handily presaged the logic of media like the shows that aired on Adult Swim, adapting the bounciness and surrealism of childhood stories to biting adult sensibilities.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Years of turmoil presaged the takeover.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
Definition of presaged
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