| NOUN | communication | premise, premiss, assumption | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
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| VERB | communication | premise | set forth beforehand, often as an explanation |
| communication | premise, precede, preface, introduce | furnish with a preface or introduction | |
| cognition | premise, premiss | take something as preexisting and given |
| Sounds | preh'mihs | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. | |
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| Synonyms | premiss, assumption | |
| Narrower | condition, precondition, stipulation | An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
| major premise, major premiss | The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) | |
| minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption | The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) | |
| scenario | A postulated sequence of possible events | |
| thesis | An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument | |
| Broader | postulate, posit | (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning |
| Spanish | premisa, supuesto | |
| Catalan | premissa, supòsit | |
| Verbs | premise | take something as preexisting and given |
| Meaning | set forth beforehand, often as an explanation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand" | |
| Broader | set forth, expound, exposit | state |
| Meaning | Furnish with a preface or introduction. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | precede, preface, introduce | |
| Narrower | preamble | make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document |
| prologize, prologuize, prologise | Write or speak a prologue | |
| Broader | state, say, tell | Express in words / words |
| Spanish | anteceder, comenzar, introducer, introducir, preceder | |
| Meaning | Take something as preexisting and given. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | premiss | |
| Broader | presuppose, suppose | take for granted or as a given |
| Nouns | premise | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
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