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- Dictionarypremises/ˈprɛmɪsɪz/
plural
- 1. a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context: "the company has moved to new premises"
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PREMISES definition: 1. the land and buildings owned by someone, especially by a company or organization: 2. the land…. Learn more.
PREMISE definition: 1. an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based: 2. to base a theory, argument, etc…. Learn more.
The meaning of PREMISE is a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference; specifically : either of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn.
1. a piece of land together with its buildings, esp considered as a place of business. 2. law. a. (in a deed, etc) the matters referred to previously; the aforesaid; the foregoing. b. the introductory part of a grant, conveyance, etc. 3. law.
1. A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn. 2. Logic. a. One of the propositions in a deductive argument. b. Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. 3. premises. a. Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it. b.
A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea.
Premise definition: a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.. See examples of PREMISE used in a sentence.
a statement or an idea that forms the basis for a reasonable line of argument. the basic premise of her argument. The argument rests on a false premise. His reasoning is based on the premise that all people are equally capable of good and evil. The premise on which they worked was that there would always be enough natural resources to support them.
1. A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn. 2. Logic. a. One of the propositions in a deductive argument. b. Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. 3. premises. a. Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it. b.
premises [pl.] (formal) the building or buildings and surrounding land that a business or person owns or uses: The police searched the premises. complex a group of buildings of a similar type together in one place: an apartment complex
