tipping (off)

verb

present participle of tip (off)
as in notifying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping (off)
  1. notifying
  2. predicting
  3. informing
  4. forecasting
  5. apprising
  6. prophesying
  7. foretelling
  8. presaging
Verb
  • Both participants receive an SMS notifying them of the match.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Moment | Getty Images The IRS has begun notifying some taxpayers who may be eligible for a new retirement cash contribution debuting next year.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of notifying
Verb
  • There are some limits to how well AI can work on predicting the future.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Planning earlier doesn’t mean predicting every future problem.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of predicting
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, the city sent letters to the Metro Little League and the academy informing them that their access to the athletic fields was revoked.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Upon stepping at the brand’s showroom here, one could be met with an explosion of tangerine hues informing unfussy tops, tunics and cotton dresses cut in essential shapes and infused with vitaminic energy.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • None of Nvidia’s rivals are forecasting 70% sales growth next year.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Scientists are forecasting more than 450,000 deaths because of intense heat generated by El Niño in the coming months, according to a new study from the Climate Impact Lab.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of forecasting
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  • The White House team is required to file a report apprising the court of the status of their compliance within 21 days after the date the order takes effect.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of apprising
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  • Those six words form the conclusion of his eulogy, prophesying the lasting impact of the late princess’s life in the decades after her passing.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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
Verb
  • Yet the book is also about the disappearance of time and places, with summer’s end presaging more permanent losses.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Andy Cohen was lost to the wormhole, presaging more losses to come.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Definition of presaging
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“Tipping (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipping%20%28off%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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