premise
pre
ˈprɛ
pre
mise
mÉĒs
mis
/ˈprɛmÉĒs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "premise"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āϞāύ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ

a theory or statement that acts as the foundation of an argument
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her research paper challenges the premise that climate change is primarily caused by human activity.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āϞāύāϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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the central idea or foundation of a story, encompassing its main concept, conflict, characters, setting, and overall tone or genre

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her novel has a unique premise that combines mystery and science fiction.
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to assume or accept something as preexisting or given, forming the basis for further reasoning

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientific research often premises its hypotheses on previous findings.
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to state or set forth something beforehand, often as an explanation or basis for what follows

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He premised his argument with relevant historical examples.
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to provide a preface, introduction, or preliminary statement for a work or presentation

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He premised the novel with a historical note to set the context.
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