premise
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
Types & categories
- postulate hypernym
- major premise hyponym
- subsumption hyponym
- thesis hyponym
- precondition hyponym
- scenario hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand
Types & categories
- exposit hypernym
Sense 3 verb
furnish with a preface or introduction
She always precedes her lectures with a joke
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prolusion derivation
- prefatorial derivation
- introductory derivation
Sense 4 verb
take something as preexisting and given
Types & categories
- presuppose hypernym
Related & opposite
- assumption derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presume |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | premiss |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | postulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | major premise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subsumption |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | precondition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scenario |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exposit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prolusion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prefatorial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | introductory |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | preamble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prologize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assumption |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | presuppose |