Meaning : Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement. Make an express demand or provision in an agreement.
Example :
The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life.
The contract stipulates the dates of the payments.
Meaning : Determine the essential quality of.
Synonyms : define, delimit, delimitate, delineate
Meaning : Be specific about.
Example :
Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?.
Synonyms : particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize
Meaning : Define clearly.
Example :
I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.
Synonyms : nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down