premise
Noun
- 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”
- Synonyms
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- More specific
- major premise
- major premiss
- minor premise
- minor premiss
- subsumption
- thesis
- condition
- precondition
- stipulation
- scenario
- Related
- assume
- presume
- take for granted
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Verb
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; “He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand”
- Less specific
- set forth
- expound
- exposit
- 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”
- Synonyms
- precede
- preface
- introduce
- Less specific
- More specific
- preamble
- prologize
- prologuize
- prologise
- Related
- introductory
- prefatorial
- prefatory
- introductory
- foreword
- preface
- prolusion
- take something as preexisting and given
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- Related
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- assumption
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