How to pronounce “stipulate”
Say “stipulate” in 3 beats
stipulate
/ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /stɪpjʊleɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- stɪstɪstress
- pjəpjə
- leɪtleɪt
- IPA (American)
- /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/
- IPA (British)
- /stɪpjʊleɪt/
- Respelling
- STI-pyuh-layt
- Syllables
- 3 — STꞮ-pjə-leɪt
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: STꞮ-pjə-leɪt. “stɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/
/stɪpjʊleɪt/
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What “stipulate” means
- verb
specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
“The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life”
- verb
give a guarantee or promise of
“They stipulated to release all the prisoners”
- verb
make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
Say it in a sentence
“The contract will stipulate who mends the boundary fence.”“stipulate”, answered
How do you pronounce “stipulate”?
“stipulate” is pronounced /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/ (STI-pyuh-layt) in American English and /stɪpjʊleɪt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “stɪ”. Build it as STꞮ-pjə-leɪt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “stipulate” have?
3: stɪ · pjə · leɪt. The beat lands on the first, “stɪ”.
Is “stipulate” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/ (STI-pyuh-layt); British English says /stɪpjʊleɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “stipulate” mean?
As a verb: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement For example: “The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “stipulate”?
Stress the first syllable: STꞮ-pjə-leɪt. “stɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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