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What does premise mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word premise? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
  2. (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
  3. (plural) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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.
  4. (plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
  5. The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
Verb
  1. To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
  2. To make a premise.
  3. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
  4. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
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