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premise - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn.
- noun One of the propositions in a deductive argument.
- noun Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
- noun Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it.
- noun A building or particular portion of a building.
- noun Law The part of a deed that states the details of the conveyance of the property.
- intransitive verb To provide a basis for; base.
- intransitive verb To state or assume as a proposition in an argument.
- intransitive verb To state in advance as an introduction or explanation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set forth or make known beforehand, as introductory to the main subject; offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; lay down as an antecedent proposition.
- To send before the time.
- To state premises; preface an argument or other discourse with premises.
- noun A judgment causing another judgment; a proposition belief in which leads to the belief in another proposition called a conclusion; a proposition from which, with or without others, something is inferred or concluded.
- noun A condition set forth; a supposition.
- noun plural In law, what has been stated before or above (in a document); the aforesaid.
- noun Hence plural The subject of a conveyance; lands and houses or tenements; a house or building and the outhouses and places belonging to it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- transitive verb To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
- noun A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- noun (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
- noun (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the
habendum ; the thing demised or granted. - noun A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts
- intransitive verb To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
proposition antecedently supposed orproved ; something previouslystated orassumed as thebasis of furtherargument ; acondition ; asupposition . - noun logic Any of the first
propositions of asyllogism , from which theconclusion isdeduced . - noun usually plural, law Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the
habendum ; the thing demised or granted. - noun usually plural A piece of
real estate ; abuilding and itsadjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form). - verb To
state orassume something as aproposition to anargument - verb To make a premise
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
- verb furnish with a preface or introduction
- noun a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- verb take something as preexisting and given
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English premisse, from Old French, from Medieval Latin praemissa (propositiō), (the proposition) put before, premise, from Latin, feminine past participle of praemittere, to set in front : prae-, pre- + mittere, to send.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa ("set before") (premissa propositio ("the proposition set before")), feminine past participle of Latin premittere ("to send or put before"), from pre- ("before") + mittere ("to send")
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Examples
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They're broke roommates, so they go for the title premise and in the process discover their love, giving the movie its one moment of genuine emotion.
NOW Magazine 2009
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I don't believe that your premise is accurate when we say we have to cut.
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While your premise is a good point, I just have one question ..
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Now that this premise is being accepted, what other non-armed conflict where self-defense is important for the State ‘situation’ would be appropriate for continued expansion of drone usage?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Predator Drone Warfare — Assorted Links 2010
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Yes, you read that right and the premise is as ridiculous as it sounds.
17 « March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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But supposing that such a premise is accurate (struggling women need support to get contraceptives), I think there might actually be an economic argument as to why it would be helpful to help women purchase contraceptives.
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The base of the premise is the old Trapped In TV Land idea, turned Up To Eleven.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wings’ Second Review Forum 2009
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I don't believe that your premise is accurate when we say we have to cut.
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If your premise is actually good enough to read, making it clear to us can only help you.
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Yes, you read that right and the premise is as ridiculous as it sounds.
Related Words
synonyms (120)
Words with the same meaning
- a priori principle
- affirmation
- ancestor
- antecedent
- apriorism
- argue
- assert
- assertion
- assume
- assumed position
- assumption
- avant-propos
- axiom
- basis
- basis for belief
- body of evidence
- breakthrough
- categorical proposition
- chain of evidence
- clue
- condition
- conjecture
- data
- datum
- documentation
- evidence
- exhibit
- exordium
- fact
- facts
- first principles
- forerunner
- foreword
- foundation
- front matter
- frontispiece
- ground
- grounds
- grounds for belief
- guesswork
- hypothecate
- hypothesis
- hypothesis ad hoc
- hypothesize
- indication
- inference
- innovation
- introduce
- introduction
- item of evidence
- leap
- lemma
- major premise
- manifestation
- mark
- material grounds
- minor premise
- muniments
- mute witness
- overture
- philosopheme
- philosophical proposition
- piece of evidence
- posit
- position
- postulate
- postulation
- postulatum
- preamble
- precedent
- precursor
- predicate
- preface
- prefix
- prefixture
- preliminary
- prelude
- premises
- premiss
- presume
- presumption
- presupposal
- presuppose
- presupposition
- proem
- prolegomena
- prolegomenon
- prolepsis
- prologize
- prologue
- proof
- proposal
- propose
- proposition
- propositional function
- protasis
- put forth
- reason to believe
- relevant fact
- set forth
- set of postulates
- sign
- statement
- sumption
- supposal
- suppose
- supposing
- supposition
- surmise
- symptom
- theorem
- theorize
- thesis
- token
- truth table
- truth-function
- truth-value
- verse
- voluntary
- working hypothesis
bigal_lbl commented on the word premise
Premise is not the singular of premises, it is a different word.
Premise is an underlying argument or concept.
Premises is the buildings and grounds of an estate.
September 19, 2023