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premise

[ prem-is ]

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noun

Also premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
Synonyms: postulate, assumption
premises,
1. a tract of land including its buildings.
2. a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances.
3. the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
Law.
1. a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds.
2. an earlier statement in a document.
3. (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.

verb (used with object)

, prem·ised, prem·is·ing.

to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.
to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.
Synonyms: hypothesize, postulate

verb (used without object)

, prem·ised, prem·is·ing.

to state or assume a premise.

premise

noun

Alsopremiss logic a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn

verb

when tr, may take a clause as object to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise in an argument, theory, etc

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Other Words From

re·premise verb repremised repremising

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Word History and Origins

Origin of premise¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English premiss, from Medieval Latin praemissa, noun use of feminine of Latin praemissus, past participle of praemittere “to send before,” equivalent to prae- “before, in front, ahead,” + mittere “to send”; pre-

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Word History and Origins

Origin of premise¹

C14: from Old French prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa sent on before, from Latin praemittere to dispatch in advance, from prae before + mittere to send

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Example Sentences

ThinkProgress calls the premise “uncomfortable and vaguely sad.”

From The Daily Beast

The premise was simple: satire is devastating against tyrants.

From The Daily Beast

The premise of the sketch was that sex was too spontaneous to be regulated, and the quiz show played that idea to the hilt.

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But its premise—that jazz artists take themselves far too seriously—would get repeated again and again in subsequent days.

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The only thing more horrifying than the premise of this video is the resolution.

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He based this plan upon the premise that democracy would be more successful if greater numbers of individuals were educated.

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Aristotle reasoned without sufficient certainty of the major premise of his syllogisms.

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Minor premise: Socrates is a man, including an individual in the general class.

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The major term is usually the predicate of the major premise and the predicate of the conclusion.

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If the major premise of this syllogism be granted, the conclusion is unquestionable.

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