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1
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
- your conclusion is all wrong because you started out with a false premise
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2
premises plural
the area around and belonging to a building
- detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of premise (Entry 2 of 2)
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
- let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning
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“Premise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premise. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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