Premise

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Noun

premise premiss assumption

Definition: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play"

Definition: A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

Verb

premise

Definition: set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

precede preface premise introduce

Definition: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

premise premiss

Definition: take something as preexisting and given

Definition: To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.