premiss (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *premiss*:
NOUN	communication	premiss, premise, assumption	a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
VERB	cognition	premiss, premise	take something as preexisting and given

English > *premiss*: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn.
Synonyms	premise, 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	premiss	take something as preexisting and given

English > *premiss*: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition
Meaning	Take something as preexisting and given.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonym	premise
Broader	presuppose, suppose	take for granted or as a given
Nouns	premiss	a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

HyperDic: premiss