{
  "id": "tips.advice",
  "term": "tips",
  "sense": "advice",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "common",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "small pieces of advice to do something more",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "piece.portion",
      "information.knowledge"
    ],
    "interaction": "the pieces combine with knowledge and are brief guidance",
    "novel_properties": [
      "concise guidance",
      "practical suggestion"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "A Michelin Guide inspector leaves a $20 tip at Chicago's Alinea after a tasting menu.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    },
    {
      "text": "Linus Torvalds suggested using bit shifts instead of division in early Linux kernel code.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The CDC recommends handwashing for 20 seconds to reduce pathogen transmission during flu season.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "information.knowledge",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "information"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "tip",
    "tipped",
    "tipping",
    "tips"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tips.advice"
}