PREMISING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

premising

verb

present participle of premise

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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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On Tuesday night, Algomai received a text from his co-owner at Halal Bros 2 Go saying that a letter was being passed out at Southland Mall.

— Heath Kalb, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Kushner also confirmed progress on the prisoner exchange, saying the negotiations had helped finalize arrangements for the return of thousands of people affected by the war.

— Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026

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Your interests, preferences, or plans may have shifted while other people were assuming everything stayed the same.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026
House Democrats are staring down brewing fights as younger lawmakers jostle for power and influence ahead of the party assuming its largest majority in decades.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of assuming

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That’s a huge advantage, presuming freshman quarterback Sam Holcomb can lead the Crusaders down to Normal Community and take care of business this week.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Another defeat on Decision Day in Seattle under interim head coach Xavi Tamarit will not change that, presuming the Galaxy don’t win and overcome a negative-19 goal differential.

— Josh Gross, Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of presuming

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More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025

Definition of supposing

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There was a freedom in not yet believing that every empty patch of time had to be put to some use.

— Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
Michael Steel traveled from Ventura County hoping for an upset victory Tuesday, believing his candidate struck enough of a bipartisan tone to win.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

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