noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.
If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: specification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restriction, confinement
6
noun
Meaning 6
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judicial admission
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concession
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin stipulārī Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin stipulātiōbor. English stipulation Borrowed from Latin stipulātiō.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
умо́ва
(umóva)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Belarusian:
агаво́рка
(ahavórka)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Bengali:
করার
(korar)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Bulgarian:
условие
(uslovie)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Danish:
bestemmelse
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Danish:
fastsættelse
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Esperanto:
kondiĉo
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Finnish:
määräys
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
French:
clause
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German:
Abmachung
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German:
Ausbedingung
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German:
Bestimmung
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German:
Maßgabe
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German:
Übereinkunft
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German:
Vereinbarung
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Hebrew:
התניה
(hatnayah)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Hungarian:
kikötés
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Ido:
klauzo
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Irish:
agó
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Korean:
조건
(jogeon)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Latin:
stipulatio
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Polish:
warunek
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Polish:
zastrzeżenie
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Romanian:
stipulație f condiție
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Russian:
условие
(uslovije)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Turkish:
anlaşma
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Turkish:
ittifak
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Turkish:
karar
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Ottoman Turkish:
شرط
(şart)
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Welsh:
amod
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Welsh:
amodiad
— something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
