TIPPING (OFF) Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

tipping (off)

verb

present participle of tip (off)

as in notifying

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The state’s lawsuit focuses on communication and procedural issues, alleging that Jackson County did not follow the proper legal steps notifying homeowners before raising home values by upwards of 15% per parcel.

— Ilana Arougheti July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Meta has launched a new Instagram feature notifying parents if their teen's Meta AI chat indicates self-harm or suicidal ideation.

— Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of notifying

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Apple recently increased prices across its Mac, iPad, HomePod, AppleTV, and Vision Pro product lines, with analysts predicting increases for its flagship iPhone lineup as well.

— Srikanth Jagabathula, Fortune, 24 July 2026
That shift from reporting to predicting is what will earn HR a seat at the table where real business decisions are made and HR moves from a support function to a business driver.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of predicting

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Corporate officials reached out to Murrell later that day and apologized to her, informing her that the driver was no longer working for FedEx.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Page’s character Sinon is the soldier tasked with informing the Trojans that the Trojan Horse is a gift from the Greeks, imploring them to drag the giant statue into the city with Odysseus, Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and more soldiers inside.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of informing

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While the National Weather Service is forecasting rain to ease on July 17 and flood warnings to expire by the afternoon, the rebuilding process is only beginning for those affected by the floods.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Each morning on Cuban state TV, a presenter who clearly has the worst job on the island, is tasked with forecasting the daily power deficit in the same way the local news in other countries reports the weather or traffic.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of forecasting

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Hall was raised in large part by a single mother—who, perhaps prophesying her son’s eventual vocation in Hollywood, was named Annie Hall.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of prophesying

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But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of foretelling

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