English dictionary

premise

/'pr/E/m/I/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

noun.communication

Synonyms assumption premiss

Source: WordNet 3.0
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

noun

Source: webster1913

set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

verb.communication

Examples
He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand.

Source: WordNet 3.0
furnish with a preface or introduction

verb.communication

Synonyms introduce precede preface

Source: WordNet 3.0
take something as preexisting and given

verb.cognition

Synonyms premiss

Source: WordNet 3.0
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

verb

Source: webster1913
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

verb

Source: webster1913