A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition
Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., 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
The physical location where a utility service is located (for example, where the meter is installed or trash is picked up) See the explanation of Separate Customer Account # and Premise # for more information
The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place. There is a kitchen on the premises The business moved to premises in Brompton Road
take something as preexisting and given set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
A statement whose truth is used to infer that of others; see argument Also see MacE
it is the rule (often time unstated) that governs a thesis and its rationale A premise, thesis, and rationale make up a syllogism Here is an example: premise - all birds have feathers; rationale: (because) the sparrow has feathers; thesis (therefore) the sparrow is a bird
A proposition that is offered in support of the truth of another proposition (the conclusion) in an argument
Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn
A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete = assumption
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings
is used to control the continuity of the piece This is a "What If" statement Premise Driven-the presentation (the "patter, " plot, staging, and technical handling) is developed from a premise
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn A starting point of reasoning For example, one might say, in commenting on someone's reasoning, "You seem to be reasoning from the premise that everyone is selfish in everything they do Do you hold this belief?
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
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises
furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
If a theory or attitude is premised on an idea or belief, that idea or belief has been used as the basis for it. All our activities are premised on the basis of `Quality with Equality'. be premised on/upon sth to be based on a particular idea or belief
land and the buildings on it, or a building or part of a building In the Guide this term is often used as a broad term covering the various types of rental premises, from farms and houses to single condominium and apartment units
Shall mean land or building or part thereof in respect of which separate meter or metering arrangements have been made by the Board/licensee for supply of electricity
Statements offered as reasons to support a conclusion are premises Logicians generally pay more attention to the reasoning, that is, the relationship between premises and conclusion They rely on scientists to determine the accuracy of the premises
Telephony term for the space occupied by a customer or authorized/joint user in a building(s) on continuous or contiguous property (except railroad rights of way, etc ) not separated by a public road or highway
The problems of medieval nomenclature make consistency in the form of names very difficult to achieve The schematic approach to normalization of medieval nomenclature in this database depends on two premises: that the the inputter has competency in medieval materials and his/her judgment is trustworthy; that the goal is to input material with the greatest possible dispatch and with the least possible research/authority-check time Implicitly, we thus expect that end-users of the database will perform multiple searches for a given author, under multiple forms of a name
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
() From Middle English, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa (“set before”) (premissa propositio (“the proposition set before”)), feminine past participle of Latin premittere (“to send or put before”), from pre- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”)