Meaning

5 senses
  1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

    Prämisse, Voraussetzung

    предпосы́лкаpredposýlka, допуще́ниеdopuščénije

  2. Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

    Prämisse, Voraussetzung

    предпосы́лкаpredposýlka, посы́лкаposýlka

    a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

  3. (usually 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.

  4. (usually plural)A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.

    trespass on another’s premises

    Lokal, Räumlichkeiten, Lokalität

    террито́рияterritórija, помеще́ниеpomeščénije, зда́ниеzdánije

    примі́щенняprymíščennja

  5. The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. Do you accept the premise?

    Ти приймаєш цю посилку?

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  2. I have a warrant to search the premises.

    ruУ меня есть ордер на обыск помещения.

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  3. Tom left the premises without anyone seeing him.

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  4. I don't see anything wrong with your premise.

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  5. The premise was wrong.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
piece of real estate:
Русский
By meaning 3
proposition antecedently supposed or proved:
either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced:
piece of real estate:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
proposition antecedently supposed or proved:
piece of real estate:

Origin

From Middle English premise, premisse, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premi

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”).

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Forms

plural: premises

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn:premissassumption

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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