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premise

prem·ise
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [prem-is]
    • /ˈprɛm ɪs/
    • /ˈprem.ɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prem-is]
    • /ˈprɛm ɪs/

Definitions of premise word

  • noun premise Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion. 1
  • noun premise premises. a tract of land including its buildings. a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances. the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest. 1
  • noun premise Law. a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds. an earlier statement in a document. (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based. 1
  • verb with object premise to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation. 1
  • verb with object premise to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion. 1
  • verb without object premise to state or assume a premise. 1
See all 23 definitions of premise

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Origin of premise

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English premiss < Medieval Latin praemissa, noun use of feminine of Latin praemissus past participle of praemittere to send before, equivalent to prae- pre- + mittere to send. See dismiss, remiss

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Parts of speech for Premise

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Premise

premise popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

premise usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for premise

noun premise

  • apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
  • apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
  • assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
  • basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
  • codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
All 19 Synonyms of premise

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Related words

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  • abduction

    the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping

  • assumption

    If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.

  • mood

    Grammar. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy. a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might. any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.

  • syllogism

    Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.

  • undistributed middle

    Logic. a middle term of a syllogism that does not refer to its entire class in the major premise or minor premise, with the result that the syllogism is not valid.
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