Premise vs. Premises
Premisenoun
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Premisenoun
(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
Premisenoun
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.
Premisenoun
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts. (This meaning arose from meaning #3, by owners of land and/or buildings finding the word in their title deeds and wrongly guessing its meaning.)
Premisenoun
(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
Premiseverb
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
Premiseverb
To make a premise.
Premiseverb
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
Premiseverb
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
Premisenoun
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Premisenoun
Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
Premisenoun
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.
Premisenoun
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
Premiseverb
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
Premiseverb
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.
Premiseverb
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
Premisenoun
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;
Premiseverb
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation;
Premiseverb
furnish with a preface or introduction;
Premiseverb
take something as preexisting and given
Premise
A premise or premiss is a statement that an argument claims will induce or justify a conclusion. It is an assumption that something is true.
Premisesnoun
(plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
Premisesnoun
The subject of a conveyance or deed
Premisesnoun
land and buildings together considered as a place of business;
Premises
Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant , from Latin prae-missus = .In this sense, the word is always used in the plural, but singular in construction.
