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Premise is an English word with synonyms like presuppose or tell. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Premise meaning

  1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
  2. Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
  3. 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.

Synonyms of Premise

premiss presuppose tell say state introduce preface precede exposit expound set forth posit postulate assumption suppose

Related words

Other words often associated with Premise or its synonyms:

expand expatiate express dilate enlarge elaborate place elucidate verbalize proposition set utter

Using Premise

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | 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.
  • Useful related words include: premiss, presuppose, tell, say.
  • In the example corpus, premise often appears in combinations such as: the premise, premise of, premise and.

Context around Premise

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

simple 3× major 2× minor 2× base 1× extra 1× reasons 1× bizarre 1× food 1× general 1× unique 1×

Often after:

evil 1× whatever 1× descartes 1× regulation 1× lends 1×

Sentence patterns with Premise

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a simple premise so the 1× a unique premise and truly 1× accepting this premise would open 1× after the premise has been 1× as a premise in lieu 1× as its premise lends itself 1× as the premise is plot 1× as the premise that god 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 2016 supernatural 1× a home based 1× a sequel of 1× accepting this premise 1× agatha christie s 1× although its reveal 1×

Common sentence endings:

benevolent all powerful 1× did not justify 1× entirely via screens 1× from the premise 1× has been approved 1× her goals soon 1×

Words around Premise

Just before it in the word index:

premios 3 premio 12 preminger 50 premillennialism 2 premillennial 3 premila 3

Just after it in the word index:

premised 62 premises 1.740 premium 2.806 premiumisation 4 premiumization 7 premiums 506

Similar in corpus frequency:

altitude 986 backgrounds 986 linebacker 986 liver 986 remotely 986 theresa 986

Corpus analysis for Premise

  • In this selection, "premise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, simple, major, minor, evil, whatever and descartes stand out and add context to how "premise" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a simple premise so the and a unique premise and truly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "premise" sits close to words such as altitude, backgrounds and linebacker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with premise

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

As interesting as the premise is, plot-driven readers should beware. (11 words)

American Horror Story season 8 has a unique premise and truly terrifying ending. (13 words)

Apart from that, however, most of the premise for the new series is still under wraps. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Although its reveal trailers showed gameplay and set up the general premise of Kay's story, players will hopefully find out a bit more about the parameters of Kay's heist and who she will be interacting with or betraying to achieve her goals soon. (45 words)

This is because in the structure of the syllogism invoked (i.e. III-1) the middle term is not distributed in either the major premise or in the minor premise a pattern called the "fallacy of the undistributed middle". (39 words)

A home-based kitchen looking to prepare higher-risk foods is required to meet all the requirements in the food premise regulation and does not have the same level of exemptions for home-based businesses preparing low-risk foods. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

The base premise “Evil mining operation”, on paper, also is not exactly novel, so I genuinely wasn’t that excited from the premise.

It’s such a simple premise, so the challenge was to take this fun simple premise and try to build out and hopefully make a cool movie out of it.

Each premise of the argument, that is, an assumption introduced as an hypothesis of the argument, is listed at the beginning of the sequence and is marked as a "premise" in lieu of other justification.

For example, knowing that all men are mortal (major premise) and that Socrates is a man (minor premise), we may validly conclude that Socrates is mortal.

Hinduism, for example, developed its ideas with the premise that every human being has a soul (atman, self), while Buddhism developed with the premise that there is no soul or self.

The contention is that this is a syllogistic inference, for it appears to require the extra premise : "Whatever has the property of thinking, exists", a premise Descartes did not justify.

They're both storyboard-driven shows, which means they give us an outline from a premise after the premise has been approved.

This argument has been challenged with the assertion that hidden reasons premise is as plausible as the premise that God does not exist or is not "an almighty, all-knowing, all-benevolent, all-powerful".

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This is because in the structure of the syllogism invoked (i.e. III-1) the middle term is not distributed in either the major premise or in the minor premise a pattern called the "fallacy of the undistributed middle".

A 2016 supernatural action series, has the bizarre premise of bringing back famed authors and poets as teenagers with supernatural powers.

Accepting this premise would open the door to allowing anyone who was even near the Capitol on that day to be barred from holding any public office for the rest of their lives.

Agatha Christie’s novel has a brilliantly simple premise, and this film makes the most of it.

A home-based kitchen looking to prepare higher-risk foods is required to meet all the requirements in the food premise regulation and does not have the same level of exemptions for home-based businesses preparing low-risk foods.

Although its reveal trailers showed gameplay and set up the general premise of Kay's story, players will hopefully find out a bit more about the parameters of Kay's heist and who she will be interacting with or betraying to achieve her goals soon.

American Horror Story season 8 has a unique premise and truly terrifying ending.

Apart from that, however, most of the premise for the new series is still under wraps.

A sequel of sorts to the technological thriller follows the same premise by having its mystery play out entirely via screens.

Aside from introducing its premise with the show's theme song, the episode begins with a quick visual history of aviation.

As interesting as the premise is, plot-driven readers should beware.

As its premise lends itself to a more scattershot and nonlinear structure, Horimiya: The Missing Pieces might seem unfocused compared to its predecessor.

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Common combinations with premise

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "premise" in a sentence?
An example: "The base premise “Evil mining operation”, on paper, also is not exactly novel, so I genuinely wasn’t that excited from the premise." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "premise" from authentic English texts.
What does "premise" mean?
Premise means: A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
What are synonyms of "premise"?
Common synonyms of "premise" include: premiss, presuppose, tell, say, state, introduce, preface, precede. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "premise" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "premise", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.