What is "premise" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does premise mean in English? Meaning of premise definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "premise" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "premise": a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

Noun

  • Meaning: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
  • Example: on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
  • Synonyms: assumption premise premiss
  • Hyponyms: condition major premise major premiss minor premise minor premiss precondition scenario stipulation subsumption thesis
  • Hypernyms: posit postulate
  • Meaning of "premise": set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

    Verb

  • Meaning: set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
  • Example: He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand
  • Synonyms: premise
  • Hypernyms: exposit expound set forth
  • Meaning of "premise": furnish with a preface or introduction

    Verb

  • Meaning: furnish with a preface or introduction
  • Example: She always precedes her lectures with a joke He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
  • Synonyms: introduce precede preface premise
  • Hyponyms: preamble prologise prologize prologuize
  • Hypernyms: say state tell
  • Meaning of "premise": take something as preexisting and given

    Verb

  • Meaning: take something as preexisting and given
  • Synonyms: premise premiss
  • Hypernyms: presuppose suppose
  • Synonyms:

    presumption, basis, assertion, proposition, thesis, assumption, ground, supposition, evidence, postulation, presupposition, posit, postulate, proof, apriorism, begin, assume, predicate, introduce, start, state, suppose, presume, posit, announce, postulate, presuppose, commence,

    Antonyms:

    reality, denial, rejection, fact, truth, complete, disbelieve, conclude, end, finish, die, stop, calculate, be factual,

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