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# stipulation

«stipulation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a condition or rule that must be kept as part of an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a stipulation, stipulations); verb stipulate (stipulate, stipulates, stipulated, stipulating)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) A stipulation is a condition or rule that must be kept as part of an agreement: you may borrow it, with the stipulation that you return it on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in formal and exam language, contracts, rules and competitions; it tells the reader that something is a must. In maths word problems in formal voice, a stipulation is a condition the answer must meet: «with the stipulation that each group has the same number». Plain words: condition, rule, «as long as».

### examples

- The prize had one stipulation: you must be under 12 to enter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#x1)
- Grandpa lent us his car with the stipulation that we wash it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#x2)
- The contract contains a stipulation about holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#x3)
- The puzzle has a stipulation: each number may be used only once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#x4)
- The rules stipulate that every player must wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#x5)
- The club accepted her with no stipulations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/#x6)

### note

Formal word; in everyday speech say «condition» or «rule». Countable: a stipulation, two stipulations. In a maths problem a stipulation limits the answers: «with the stipulation that no box is empty» means every box has at least 1.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stipulation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.