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Noun premise has 1 sense
- premise, premiss, assumption - 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 to play"
--1 is a kind of postulate, posit
--1 has particulars:
Verb premise has 3 senses
- premise - set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
--1 is one way to set forth, expound, exposit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- precede, preface, premise, introduce - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
--2 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- premise, premiss - take something as preexisting and given
--3 is one way to presuppose, suppose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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