Premises

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  • noun. Plural form of premise.
  • noun. land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
  • noun. (plural only; not used in singular form) The subject of a conveyance or deed
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  • noun. land and the buildings on it
  • Word Usage
    "Well, the extension of the term 'brain' in the premises is the set of human brains, since that's the reference class of the word 'brain' in the context of the mind-brain identity theories that Kripke's argument is addressing."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    land site  site  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    premise