Premise



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• n. 前提
• ［英］ n. 前提 ( a statement or idea on which reasoning is based)
• ［例］ Adivce to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun also premiss

• Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English premisse, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin praemissa, from Latin, feminine of praemissus, past participle of praemittere to place ahead, from prae- pre- + mittere to send; in other senses, from Middle English premisses, from Medieval Latin praemissa, from Latin, neuter plural of praemissus
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. 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
  • b. something assumed or taken for granted ; presupposition
• 2. plural matters previously stated; specifically the preliminary and explanatory part of a deed or of a bill in equity
• 3. plural \［from its being identified in the premises of the deed\］
  • a. a tract of land with the buildings thereon
  • b. a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds)

II. transitive verb (premised; premising)

• Date: 1526
• 1.
  • a. to set forth beforehand as an introduction or a postulate
  • b. to offer as a premise in an argument
• 2. postulate
• 3. to base on certain assumptions

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