premise
noun
1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Similar word(s): assumption, premiss
Definition categories: communication, posit, postulate
Sentences with premise as a noun:
- trespass on another’s premises
verb
1. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
- He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand
Definition categories: communication, exposit, expound
2. 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
Similar word(s): introduce, precede, preface
Definition categories: communication, say, state, tell
3. take something as preexisting and given
Similar word(s): premiss
Definition categories: cognition, presuppose, suppose