Premise
/ˈpɹɛ.mɪs/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Premise
noun
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- (usually in the plural) 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.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
"trespass on another’s premises"
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
verb
- 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.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
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