assumption(BELIEF)
We should start from the premise that circumstances might change.
The conclusions you have drawn are based on a false premise.
We should work on the premise that this plan will be successful.
Could you explain the basic premise of your argument?
Your reasoning is based on a misguided premise.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Logic and reason
a fortiori
a posteriori
a priori
analytic
antinomy
illogical
illogicality
illogically
inclusive disjunction
incoherently
non sequitur
non-theoretical
non-verbal
nonscientific
overintellectualization
teleology
theoretical
theoretically
theory
thinking
premise
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /prɪˈmaɪz//ˈprem.ɪs/ us /prɪˈmaɪz//ˈprem.ɪs/
to base a theory, argument, etc. on an idea, thought, or belief: 假定…为先决条件，作为…的前提
He premised his argument on several incorrect assumptions.他把自己的论证建立在了几个错误的假设之上。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Logic and reason
a fortiori
a posteriori
a priori
analytic
antinomy
illogical
illogicality
illogically
inclusive disjunction
incoherently
non sequitur
non-theoretical
non-verbal
nonscientific
overintellectualization
teleology
theoretical
theoretically
theory
thinking

premise | American Dictionary

premise
noun[ C ]
us/ˈprem·ɪs/
an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based:
[ + that clause ]We don’t accept the premise that cutting taxes will necessarily lead to increased economic productivity.

Examples of premise

premise
Starting from very different philosophical premises, they ended up arguing for very similar political goals.
The psychological theory is based on the philosophical premises.
However, in addition, the entrance to the premises is now a broad long thoroughfare.
However, unbiased estimates are premised on the existence of good data on input prices.
Like all mistaken ideas and premises in science it would have been remedied eventually by the rigors of scientific method.
But such a development was premised on states becoming more fully realized and thereby recognizing their common interests.
Given the background assumptions, restricted prioritarianism is logically equivalent to the conjunction of premises (3) to (6).
Once this is constructed, resolving the search induced by the goal specification, the constructed premise will provide an antecedent for a following pronominal.
The standard restrictive argument proceeds from the premise that the life of human individuals is intrinsically valuable at all stages of life.
Although more talented scholars are being drawn to this field of study, it remains burdened with several premises that invite reform.
The linear logic rule that combines the two premises is implication elimination.
This happens on the premise, of course, that -ize, -ify, -ate do indeed represent one morphological process each.
For example, antenatal appointments may need to be held close to school premises and timings changed to minimise disruption to the teenage woman's education.
This idea constitutes a basic compositional premise that can be observed in works written by 20th-century composers operating under a number of different artistic assumptions.
It is premised on children's incapacity and the right of adults to speak on behalf of children.
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Collocations withpremise

premise

These are words often used in combination with premise.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

basic premise
We start from the basicpremise that it is the self-interested actors, who shape the evolution of competence allocation.
central premise
The centralpremise of the argument is that value is choice-guiding.
entire premise
In many cases the entire premise of the show is a contrived one, based around a competition or another unusual situation.
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