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premise
Meaning: an idea or assumption on which an argument is based
premise in a sentence
How premise is used in real sentences:
The argument depends on the premise that witnesses can be mistaken.
The debate rested on the premise that the rule applied to every team.
“Their premise was that talent should not depend on family wealth, and Mira privately agreed because she could attend only with aid.”
— from the passage The White Road
Synonyms for premise
Other words for premise — assumption, basis and proposition — carry the same meaning.
- assumption
- basis
- proposition
Antonyms of premise
Words that mean the opposite of premise:
Where it comes from
From Latin praemissa, meaning 'things set before.'
Memory hook
A premise is placed before the conclusion as its base.