Search Result:premises
Overview of noun premises
The noun premises has 1 sense
- premises -- (land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises")
Overview of noun premise
The noun premise has 1 sense
- premise, premiss, assumption -- (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")
Overview of verb premise
The verb premise has 3 senses
- premise -- (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand")
- precede, preface, premise, introduce -- (furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution")
- premise, premiss -- (take something as preexisting and given)