premise meaning

Noun: premise  premus

1. A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
   - premiss, assumption

Verb: premise  'premis [N. Amer], pru'mIz [Brit]

1. Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
   "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand" 
2. Furnish with a preface or introduction
   - precede, preface, introduce 
3. Take something as preexisting and given
   - premiss

Derived forms: premising, premised, premises

Type of: exposit, expound, posit, postulate, presuppose, say, set forth, state, suppose, tell

Encyclopedia: Premise

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1. then we speak of a test of the problematic premise.
2. a fundamental premise of the market system is that it allows for both failure and success.
3. it may be here premised that all forms of government are reducible to two general plans.
4. since the future cannot be known with accuracy, premising is subject to a margin of error.
5. the lawyer based his argument on the premise that people are innocent until they are proved to be guilty.