{
    "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’."
}