noun. A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn.

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noun. One of the propositions in a deductive argument.

noun. Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

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noun. Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it.

noun. A building or particular portion of a building.

noun. The part of a deed that states the details of the conveyance of the property.

intransitive verb. To provide a basis for; base.

intransitive verb. To state or assume as a proposition in an argument.

intransitive verb. To state in advance as an introduction or explanation.

noun. A judgment causing another judgment; a proposition belief in which leads to the belief in another proposition called a conclusion; a proposition from which, with or without others, something is inferred or concluded.

noun. A condition set forth; a supposition.

noun. plural In law, what has been stated before or above (in a document); the aforesaid.

noun. Hence plural The subject of a conveyance; lands and houses or tenements; a house or building and the outhouses and places belonging to it.

To set forth or make known beforehand, as introductory to the main subject; offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; lay down as an antecedent proposition.

To send before the time.

To state premises; preface an argument or other discourse with premises.

transitive verb. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

transitive verb. 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.

noun. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

noun. Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

noun. 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.

noun. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts

intransitive verb. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

noun. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

noun. Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

noun. 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.

noun. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).

verb. To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument

verb. To make a premise

verb. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

verb. furnish with a preface or introduction

noun. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

verb. take something as preexisting and given

"They're broke roommates, so they go for the title premise and in the process discover their love, giving the movie its one moment of genuine emotion."

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