Complete Definition of "premise"

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Alternative spellings
premiss

Pronunciation
AHD|pr�'mĭs
IPA|/�pr�mɪs/
SAMPA|/<tt>"prEmIs</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

  1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
  2. logic Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
  3. 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.
  4. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).

#:trespass on another�s premises

Translations
trans-top|A proposition antecedently supposed or proved
Dutch: t+|nl|voorwaarde f
Finnish: premissi, peruste
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Hebrew: t+|he|�נ��|sc=Hebr f
Portuguese: premissa f
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trans-top|Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced
Dutch: t+|nl|voorwaarde f
Hebrew: t+|he|�נ��|sc=Hebr f
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Portuguese: premissa f
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trans-top|Matters previously stated or set forth
Hebrew: t+|he|�נ��|sc=Hebr f
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Portuguese: premissa f
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trans-top|A piece of real estate
Dutch: t|nl|perceel
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ttbc|German: t|de|Prämisse f
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Italian

Verb
premise

  1. form of|third-person|Third-person singular past historic|premettere#Italian|premettere|lang=Italian

Category:Italian verb forms

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