premise

Meanings

• noun

  A statement or proposition that is assumed as true for the purpose of making an argument or deriving logical consequences.

  - "The premise of the argument is that all men are mortal."
  - "In order to make the conclusion logically follow, we must accept the premises."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈpɹɛ.mɪs/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with premise
primes , crimes , chimes , mimes

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Variants

List of all variants of premise that leads to same result
premise , premises , premiss , premisses , premised , premising , major premise , major premises , minor premise , minor premises

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Etymology

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From Latin premissa, past participle of ponere, to put, place.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'premises' is also used in real estate to refer to the land and buildings owned by an individual or organization.

2. In the context of logic, a valid argument has true premises and a true conclusion.

3. The term 'premises' is derived from the Latin word 'praemissus', meaning 'sent before'.

4. The concept of a premise can be traced back to ancient Greek philosophy.

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Related Concepts

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1. hypothesis: A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, which can be tested and potentially disproved or confirmed.

2. premises and conclusions: In logic, a series of statements where the conclusion follows logically from the premises.

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Quotes

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1. Called behavioral ecology, it starts from the "premise" that social and environmental forces select for various behaviors that optimize people's fitness in a given environment. Different environment, different behaviors—and different human "natures."

   - Sharon Begley,{it}Newsweek{/it},29 June 2009

2. Thirty years ago the modesty of the general expectation was still consistent with the original American "premise" of self-government.

   - Lewis H. Lapham,{it}Harper's{/it},November 1992

3. Although the Voting Rights Act served, in some measure, to formalize the notion of racial representation, its consequences undermined its "premise"—that a transparency of interests existed between the representative and the represented.

   - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,{it}New Yorker{/it},24 Oct. 1994

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Culture

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In literature, the premise of a story sets the foundation for the plot and characters. In philosophy, a premise is a starting point for reasoning and argument.

How to Memorize "premise"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a courtroom setting where arguments are based on premises.
   - Imagine a flowchart where premises lead to conclusions.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'premise' with 'assumption' or 'starting point'.
   - Think of a 'premise' as a foundation for a building.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally' to remember the order of operations in math: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction.
   - Remember that 'Premises' come 'Before' 'Conclusions'.

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