What does PREMISE mean?

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ˈprɛm ɪspremise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. premise, premiss, assumptionverb

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

    "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"

  2. premiseverb

    set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

    "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

  3. precede, preface, premise, introduceverb

    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"

  4. premise, premissverb

    take something as preexisting and given

Wiktionary

  1. premisenoun

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

  2. premisenoun

    Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

  3. premisenoun

    Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.

  4. premisenoun

    A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).

    trespass on another's premises

  5. premiseverb

    To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument

  6. premiseverb

    To make a premise

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Premiseverb

    Etymology: præmissus, Lat.

    The apostle’s discourse here is an answer upon a ground taken; he premiseth, and then infers. Burnet.

    I premise these particulars, that the reader may know I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. Addison.

    O let the vile world end,
    And the premised flames of the last day
    Knit earth and heav’n together! William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

Wikipedia

  1. Premise

    A premise or premiss is a proposition—a true or false declarative statement—used in an argument to prove the truth of another proposition called the conclusion. Arguments consist of two or more premises that imply some conclusion if the argument is sound. An argument is meaningful for its conclusion only when all of its premises are true. If one or more premises are false, the argument says nothing about whether the conclusion is true or false. For instance, a false premise on its own does not justify rejecting an argument's conclusion; to assume otherwise is a logical fallacy called denying the antecedent. One way to prove that a proposition is false is to formulate a sound argument with a conclusion that negates that proposition. An argument is sound and its conclusion logically follows (it is true) if and only if the argument is valid and its premises are true. An argument is valid if and only if when the premises are all true, the conclusion must also be true. If there exists a logical interpretation where the premises are all true but the conclusion is false, the argument is invalid. Key to evaluating the quality of an argument is determining if it is valid and sound. That is, whether its premises are true and whether their truth necessarily results in a true conclusion.

ChatGPT

  1. premise

    A premise is a statement or proposition that serves as the basis or foundation for an argument, theory, or reasoning. It is typically used to support or justify a conclusion or claim. Premises are considered to be true or valid, and they are used to persuade or convince others of the validity of an argument. In logical reasoning, premises are presented as evidence or facts that lead to a logical conclusion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Premisenoun

    a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition

  2. Premisenoun

    either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn

  3. Premisenoun

    matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted

  4. Premisenoun

    a piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises

  5. Premisenoun

    to send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously

  6. Premisenoun

    to set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings

  7. Premiseverb

    to make a premise; to set forth something as a premise

  8. Etymology: [From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See Premise, n.]

Wikidata

  1. Premise

    A premise is a statement that an argument claims will induce or justify a conclusion. In other words: a premise is an assumption that something is true. In logic, an argument requires a set of two declarative sentences known as the premises along with another declarative sentence known as the conclusion. This structure of two premises and one conclusion forms the basic argumentative structure. More complex arguments can use a series of rules to connect several premises to one conclusion, or to derive a number of conclusions from the original premises which then act as premises for additional conclusions. An example of this is the use of the rules of inference found within symbolic logic. Aristotle held that any logical argument could be reduced to two premises and a conclusion. Premises are sometimes left unstated in which case they are called missing premises, for example: It is evident that a tacitly understood claim is that Socrates is a man. The fully expressed reasoning is thus: In this example, the independent clauses preceding the comma are the premises, while "Socrates is mortal" is the conclusion.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Premise

    Premiss, prem′is, n. that which is premised or stated at the outset: a proposition previously stated or proved for after-reasoning: (logic) one of the two propositions in a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn: the thing set forth in the beginning of a deed.—n.pl. Prem′ises, a building and its adjuncts.

  2. Premise

    prē-mīz′, v.t. to send or state before the rest: to make an introduction: to lay down propositions for subsequent reasonings. [Fr.,—L. (sententia) præmissa, (a sentence) put before—præ, before, mittĕre, missum, to send.]

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PREMISE' in Nouns Frequency: #1073

Anagrams for PREMISE »

  1. empires

  2. emprise

  3. epimers

  4. permies

  5. premies

  6. imprese

  7. spireme

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PREMISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PREMISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PREMISE in a Sentence

  1. State Sen. Holly Mitchell:

    It is a classist, sexist, anti-democratic, anti-child, anti-family policy whose premise did not come to fruition, it did not accomplish what it set out to accomplish. So it’s appropriate to take it off the books.

  2. Newt Gingrich:

    I think the very premise is idiotic and despicable, i like Will Ferrell. I think he is a very funny guy, but I think this would have been an absolute disaster for his career.

  3. Edward Meir:

    It's better to have the units than not to have the units, it doesn't change the underlying premise: smelters are finding it increasingly uneconomic to produce in the West.

  4. Richard Matt:

    We're operating under the premise that they're still in New York State at this point, based on what we know at this point, we have a high degree of confidence in our conclusion.

  5. John Delaney:

    The fundamental premise of the no-negotiation strategy is that if you start doing those things, you will lead to more hostages being taken. And I think that's a very valid concern.

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