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{
"term": "tip",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a small piece of advice about something practical",
"sensetop": "tip on/for doing somethingtip on/for something",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**handy tips** for buying a computer",
"contextForm": "tip on/for doing something"
},
{
"text": "useful tips on how to save money",
"contextForm": "tip on/for something"
},
{
"text": "Here are my **top tips** for interview success."
},
{
"text": "The blog **offered** various beauty **tips**."
},
{
"text": "His money tips and tricks could save a typical family up to £6 000 a year."
},
{
"text": "Follow these tips to improve your communication skills."
},
{
"text": "I picked up some useful tips from my ski instructor."
},
{
"text": "Take a safety tip from me—get that light fixed!"
},
{
"text": "Share your gardening tips with other readers."
}
],
"synonyms": "hint",
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "handy", "helpful"],
"verb + tip": ["have", "give somebody", "offer (somebody)"],
"preposition": ["tip for", "tip on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a secret or expert piece of advice about what the result of a competition, etc. is likely to be, especially about which horse is likely to win a race",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **hot tip** for the big race"
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice", "Sports: other sports"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "handy", "helpful"],
"verb + tip": ["have", "give somebody", "offer (somebody)"],
"preposition": ["tip for", "tip on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen or has happened",
"labels": "(North American English)especially in British English(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The man was arrested after an anonymous tip."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "handy", "helpful"],
"verb + tip": ["have", "give somebody", "offer (somebody)"],
"preposition": ["tip for", "tip on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a small amount of extra money that you give to somebody, for example somebody who serves you in a restaurant",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **leave a tip**"
},
{
"text": "He **gave** the waiter **a** generous **tip**."
},
{
"text": "Someone put a dollar in the tip jar."
},
{
"text": "He left the waitress a large tip."
},
{
"text": "We get fewer tips on weeknights."
},
{
"text": "Are we supposed to leave a tip?"
}
],
"topics": ["Money", "Cooking and eating"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "generous", "good"],
"verb + tip": ["give somebody", "leave somebody", "get"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the thin, pointed end of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the tips of your fingers"
},
{
"text": "the tip of your nose"
},
{
"text": "the northern tip of the island"
},
{
"text": "The cat was black except for a patch of white on the very tip of its tail."
},
{
"text": "He ran the tips of his fingers over the bruise."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["northern", "etc.", "pointed"],
"preposition": ["tip of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a small part that fits on or over the end of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a walking stick with a rubber tip"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["northern", "etc.", "pointed"],
"preposition": ["tip of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a place where you can take rubbish and leave it",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "an untidy place",
"labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their flat is a tip!"
}
],
"synonyms": "dump"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "only a small part of a much larger problem",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tɪp/",
"audio": "ti/tip/tip__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tɪp/",
"audio": "ti/tip/tip__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr ‘tipped’; related to the noun top. noun senses 3 to 5 late Middle English: perhaps of Scandinavian origin, influenced later by tip in the sense ‘touch with a tip or point’. Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent. noun senses 6 to 7 early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘give, hand, pass’): probably from tip ‘thin pointed end of something’."
}