Definitions for premise

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IPA: /ˈprɛm ɪs/

Premise is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in premise (eeimprs).

Definitions for premise

noun

1. Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
2. premises. a tract of land including its buildings. a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances. the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
3. Law. a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds. an earlier statement in a document. (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.

verb (used with object)

1. to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.
2. to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.

verb (used without object)

1. to state or assume a premise.

Origin of premise

1325-75; Middle English premiss Medieval Latin praemissa, noun use of feminine of Latin praemissus past participle of praemittere to send before, equivalent to prae- pre-<

Examples for premise

And I must premise, without attempting to justify them, certain explanations.

Admit the premise that to be virtuous is to escape whipping, the argument is logical.

The only thing more horrifying than the premise of this video is the resolution.

The premise of the sketch was that sex was too spontaneous to be regulated, and the quiz show played that idea to the hilt.

Now that the first shock was over, she saw that there was every reason to premise a Mrs. Bast.

ThinkProgress calls the premise “uncomfortable and vaguely sad.”

The premise was simple: satire is devastating against tyrants.

This I premise we will do as we pass from stage to stage in the development of the theory.

I fully agree with the premise, but not with the conclusion.

But its premise—that jazz artists take themselves far too seriously—would get repeated again and again in subsequent days.