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premise
- /ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈpɹem.ɪs/ Australia
- /ˈpɹem.əs/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛmɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English premise, premisse, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa (“set before”) (premissa propositio (“the proposition set before”)), feminine past participle of Latin praemittere (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”).
Sense 4, a piece of real estate arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense.
noun premises · premiss · præmise · præmiss
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served.
- Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced. While the premises stand firm, 'tis impossible to shake the conclusion.
- Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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.
- A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts. trespass on another’s premises
- The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story. In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.
verb premises · premising · premised · premiss · præmise
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- To make a premise.
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows. I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. the premised flames of the last day
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: assumption, preface, premiss, introduce, postulation, presupposition, supposition, conjecture, postulate, presumption, reason, rationale, logic, reasoning, precursor, preamble
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noun proposition antecedently supposed or proved
| Español | premisa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 前提 zentei |
| 中文 | 前提 qiántí |
| हिन्दी | आधार ādhār, पूर्वाधार pūrvādhār |
| Português | premissa |
| Français | prémisse |
| Deutsch | Prämisse, Voraussetzung |
| Italiano | premessa |
| Ελληνικά | υπόθεση ypóthesi |
| Română | premisă |
| Русский | предпосы́лка predposýlka, допуще́ние dopuščénije |
| Tiếng Việt | tiền đề |
| עברית | הנחה |
noun either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
| Español | premisa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 前提 zentei |
| 中文 | 前提 qiántí |
| हिन्दी | पूर्वाधार pūrvādhār |
| Português | premissa |
| Français | prémisse |
| Deutsch | Prämisse, Voraussetzung |
| Română | premisă |
| Русский | предпосы́лка predposýlka, посы́лка posýlka |
| Tiếng Việt | tiền đề |
| العربية | مُقَدِّمَة muqaddima |
| עברית | הנחה |
noun piece of real estate
| 日本語 | 邸内 teinai, 構内 kōnai |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 房地 fángdì, 房屋 fángwū |
| हिन्दी | परिसर parisar, प्रांगण prāṅgaṇ |
| Français | local |
| Deutsch | Lokal, Räumlichkeiten, Lokalität |
| Italiano | locale, posto |
| Русский | террито́рия territórija, помеще́ние pomeščénije, зда́ние zdánije, недви́жимость nedvížimostʹ, владе́ние vladénije |
Talk about this word "premise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/premise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. premise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/premise "premise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/premise.Cite this
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title = {premise},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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