Meaning | A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. |
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Synonyms | premise, assumption |
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Narrower | condition, precondition, stipulation | An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
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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 |
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Spanish | premisa, supuesto |
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Catalan | premissa, supòsit |
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Verbs | premiss | take something as preexisting and given |
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