You ought to think over whether the premise is valid or not.
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Premise
//ˈpɹɛm.ɪs//
Synonyms for "premise" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
philosophical propositionpiece of evidencepositpositionpostulatepostulationpostulatumpreambleprecedeprecedentpreconditionprecursorpredicateprefaceprefixprefixturepreliminarypreludepremisespremiss
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prerequisitepresumepresumptionpresupposalpresupposepresuppositionproemprolegomenaprolegomenonprolepsisprologizeprologueproofproposalproposepropositionpropositional functionprotasisput forthreason to believerelevant factset forthset of postulatessignstatementsumptionsupposalsupposesupposingsurmisesymptomtheoremtheorizetheorythesistokentruth tabletruth-functiontruth-valueversevoluntaryworking hypothesis
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5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λῆμμα noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Arabic
1 entries- مُقَدِّمَة noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предпоставка noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- предпоставка noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Catalan
2 entries- premissa noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- premissa noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 前提 noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- 前提 noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
- 房地 noun (piece of real estate)
- 房屋 noun (piece of real estate)
Czech
2 entries- premisa noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
- předpoklad noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Dutch
3 entries- perceel noun (piece of real estate)
- voorwaarde noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- voorwaarde noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Finnish
4 entries- kiinteistö noun (piece of real estate)
- lähtökohta noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- lähtökohta noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
- lähtökohta noun (matters previously stated or set forth)
French
3 entries- local noun (piece of real estate)
- prémisse noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- prémisse noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Galician
1 entries- premisa noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
German
4 entries- Lokal noun (piece of real estate)
- Lokalität noun (piece of real estate)
- Prämisse noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- Räumlichkeiten noun (piece of real estate)
Greek
1 entries- υπόθεση noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Hebrew
3 entries- הנחה noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- הנחה noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
- הנחה noun (matters previously stated or set forth)
Hindi
1 entries- आधार noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Icelandic
1 entries- forsenda noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Italian
3 entries- locale noun (piece of real estate)
- posto noun (piece of real estate)
- premessa noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Japanese
4 entries- 前提 noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- 前提 noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
- 構内 noun (piece of real estate)
- 邸内 noun (piece of real estate)
Kazakh
1 entries- алғышарт noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Macedonian
4 entries- зда́ние noun (piece of real estate)
- не́движност noun (piece of real estate)
- претпо́ставка noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- претпо́ставка noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Polish
3 entries- nieruchomość noun (piece of real estate)
- parcela noun (piece of real estate)
- przesłanka noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Portuguese
3 entries- premissa noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- premissa noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
- premissa noun (matters previously stated or set forth)
Romanian
2 entries- premisă noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- premisă noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Russian
4 entries- владе́ние noun (piece of real estate)
- допуще́ние noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- зда́ние noun (piece of real estate)
- недви́жимость noun (piece of real estate)
Spanish
2 entries- premisa noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- premisa noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Swedish
2 entries- lokal noun (piece of real estate)
- premiss noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Tagalog
2 entries- kahunaan noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- kahunaan noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Thai
1 entries- ข้อตั้ง noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
Ukrainian
1 entries- примі́щення noun (piece of real estate)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tiền đề noun (proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
- tiền đề noun (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I don't agree with the premise of your argument.
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The premise was wrong.
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I understand the premise.
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