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premise

English

  1. 🔊 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 play”
  2. 🔊 take something as preexisting and given
  3. 🔊 set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
    “He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand”
  4. 🔊 furnish with a preface or introduction
    “She always precedes her lectures with a joke”

Similar words

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