Premise

Noun

 * 1) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
 * 2)  Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
 * 3) plural 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.
 * 4) plural A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).
 * trespass on another’s premises

Related terms

 * conclusion

Verb

 * 1) To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument
 * 2) To make a premise

Adjectives for Premise
false; petty; inconceivable; assumed; fundamental; unsound; unexamined; insufficient; academic; specific; cardinal.

Verbs for Premise
assume—; bank on—; contradict—; depend on—; discuss—; endorse—; establish— examine—; follow—; guard—; impair— oppose—; question—; ratify—; rebut—; rely on—; stand upon—; support—; uphold —; verify—.

Thesaurus
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, 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

Alternative forms

 * præmise, præmiss , premiss

Etymology
From, from premisse:, from  premissa: (undefined:), feminine past participle of  premitto:, from pre-: + mitto:

Noun

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 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: premisă
 * Russian: предпосылка
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 * Japanese: 前提
 * Polish: przesłanka


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: premisă
 * Russian: посылка
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 * Dutch:
 * Russian: помещения


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 * : Prämisse

Derived terms

 * major premise
 * minor premise

Anagrams

 * empires, emprise, epimers, premies

Verb
premise



Anagrams

 * esprime, imprese, permise, spremei