PREMISS
Dictionary entry overview: What does premiss mean?
• PREMISS (noun)
The noun PREMISS has 1 sense:
1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Familiarity information: PREMISS used as a noun is very rare.
• PREMISS (verb)
The verb PREMISS has 1 sense:
1. take something as preexisting and given
Familiarity information: PREMISS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PREMISS (noun)
Meaning:
A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
assumption; premise; premiss
Context example:
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
Hypernyms ("premiss" is a kind of...):
posit; postulate ((logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "premiss"):
major premise; major premiss (the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion))
minor premise; minor premiss; subsumption (the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion))
thesis (an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument)
condition; precondition; stipulation (an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else)
scenario (a postulated sequence of possible events)
• PREMISS (verb)
Meaning:
Take something as preexisting and given
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
premiss; premise
Hypernyms (to "premiss" is one way to...):
presuppose; suppose (take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
