stipulate

verb
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪt/
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stipulate
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪt/
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪt/
he / she / it stipulates
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪts/
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪts/
past simple stipulated
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪtɪd/
past participle stipulated
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪtɪd/
-ing form stipulating
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈstɪpjuleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to state clearly and definitely that something must be done, or how it must be done 规定;明确要求synonym specify
    • stipulate something A delivery date is stipulated in the contract.合同中规定了交货日期。🔊🔊
    • stipulate that… The job advertisement stipulates that the applicant must have three years' experience.招聘广告明确要求应聘者必须有三年工作经验。🔊🔊
    • stipulate what, how, etc… The policy stipulates what form of consent is required.保险单规定了需要哪种知情同意书。🔊🔊
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryStipulate is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • constitution
    • regulation
    • rule
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin stipulat- ‘demanded as a formal promise’, from the verb stipulari.