noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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3
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Topics: law
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Examples
trespass on another’s premises
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
verb
Meaning 7
To make a premise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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8
verb
Meaning 8
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
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9
verb
Meaning 9
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
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10
noun
Meaning 10
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: premiss, assumption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: postulate, posit
Narrower terms: major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption, thesis, condition, precondition, stipulation, scenario
11
verb
Meaning 11
take something as preexisting and given
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: premiss
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Broader terms: presuppose, suppose
12
verb
Meaning 12
furnish with a preface or introduction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She always precedes her lectures with a joke
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand
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Broader terms: set forth, expound, exposit
History
Etymology
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”). Sense 4, a piece of real estate arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
предпоставка
(predpostavka)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Catalan:
premissa
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Chinese Mandarin:
前提
(qiántí)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Dutch:
voorwaarde
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Finnish:
premissi
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Finnish:
peruste
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Finnish:
lähtökohta
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
French:
prémisse
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Galician:
premisa
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
German:
Prämisse
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
German:
Voraussetzung
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Greek:
υπόθεση
(ypóthesi)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Ancient Greek:
λῆμμα
(lêmma)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Hebrew:
הנחה
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Hindi:
आधार
(ādhār)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Hindi:
पूर्वाधार
(pūrvādhār)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Italian:
premessa
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Japanese:
前提
(zentei)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Kazakh:
алғышарт
(alğyşart)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Macedonian:
претпо́ставка
(pretpóstavka)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Portuguese:
premissa
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Romanian:
premisă
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Russian:
предпосы́лка
(predposýlka)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Russian:
допуще́ние
(dopuščénije)
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Spanish:
premisa
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Swedish:
premiss
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Tagalog:
kahunaan
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Thai:
ข้อตั้ง
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Turkish:
mukaddem
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Turkish:
öncül
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Vietnamese:
tiền đề
— proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Arabic:
مُقَدِّمَة
(muqaddima)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Bulgarian:
предпоставка
(predpostavka)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Catalan:
premissa
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Chinese Mandarin:
前提
(qiántí)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Czech:
předpoklad
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Czech:
premisa
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Dutch:
voorwaarde
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Finnish:
premissi
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Finnish:
peruste
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Finnish:
lähtökohta
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
French:
prémisse
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
German:
Prämisse
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
German:
Voraussetzung
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Hebrew:
הנחה
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Hindi:
पूर्वाधार
(pūrvādhār)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Icelandic:
forsenda
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Japanese:
前提
(zentei)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Macedonian:
претпо́ставка
(pretpóstavka)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Polish:
przesłanka
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Portuguese:
premissa
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Romanian:
premisă
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Russian:
предпосы́лка
(predposýlka)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Russian:
посы́лка
(posýlka)
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Spanish:
premisa
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Tagalog:
kahunaan
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Vietnamese:
tiền đề
— either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Finnish:
lähtökohta
— matters previously stated or set forth
Hebrew:
הנחה
— matters previously stated or set forth
Portuguese:
premissa
— matters previously stated or set forth
Chinese Mandarin:
房地
(fángdì)
— piece of real estate
Chinese Mandarin:
房屋
(fángwū)
— piece of real estate
Dutch:
perceel
— piece of real estate
Finnish:
kiinteistö
— piece of real estate
Finnish:
tila
— piece of real estate
French:
local
— piece of real estate
German:
Lokal
— piece of real estate
German:
Räumlichkeiten
— piece of real estate
German:
Lokalität
— piece of real estate
Hindi:
परिसर
(parisar)
— piece of real estate
Hindi:
प्रांगण
(prāṅgaṇ)
— piece of real estate
Italian:
locale
— piece of real estate
Italian:
posto
— piece of real estate
Japanese:
邸内
(teinai)
— piece of real estate
Japanese:
構内
(kōnai)
— piece of real estate
Macedonian:
терито́рија
(teritórija)
— piece of real estate
Macedonian:
просто́рија
(prostórija)
— piece of real estate
Macedonian:
зда́ние
(zdánie)
— piece of real estate
Macedonian:
не́движност
(nédvižnost)
— piece of real estate
Polish:
parcela
— piece of real estate
Polish:
nieruchomość
— piece of real estate
Russian:
террито́рия
(territórija)
— piece of real estate
Russian:
помеще́ние
(pomeščénije)
— piece of real estate
Russian:
зда́ние
(zdánije)
— piece of real estate
Russian:
недви́жимость
(nedvížimostʹ)
— piece of real estate
Russian:
владе́ние
(vladénije)
— piece of real estate
Swedish:
lokal
— piece of real estate
Ukrainian:
примі́щення
(prymíščennja)
— piece of real estate
