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1
as in assumption
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
as in ground
premises plural
the area around and belonging to a building
detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance
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as in to say
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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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2024
From the filmmaker’s premise to the audiences’ response, Padilha’s film is built entirely around the social, economical and criminal realities of a country whose consumer population has little patience for provocative art, and is frequently antagonistic to it.
—Guilherme Jacobs, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Judy Berman, TIME, 28 June 2024
But those brands premise the purchase of new items.
—Ali Montag, thehustle.co, 17 May 2024
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Noun
Per the official premise: Skeleton Crew follows the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy, crossing paths with the likes of Jod Na Nawood, the mysterious character played by [Jude] Law.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2024
From the filmmaker’s premise to the audiences’ response, Padilha’s film is built entirely around the social, economical and criminal realities of a country whose consumer population has little patience for provocative art, and is frequently antagonistic to it.
—Guilherme Jacobs, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Verb
There’s even a new Star Wars show premised on a twin-sister switcheroo.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 28 June 2024
But those brands premise the purchase of new items.
—Ali Montag, thehustle.co, 17 May 2024
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“Premise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premise. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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