to premise

Examples

• All

• American values are premised upon the notion of human dignity and the sanctity of the individual.

  Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)

• The impact of this approach, premised on the notion of environmental health, could be dramatic.

  Academic text (1992)

• Let me just premise this by saying that I think that children are wonderful.

• Leadership is a concept premised on a meaningful connection for those who lead and those who follow.

  Academic text (2008)

• The third model of employee involvement is premised on financial participation.

  Academic text (1996)

• Our ability to interpret this artistic code is premised on our general skills in parsing sign systems.

  Academic text (1993)

• In particular, many rituals are premised on esoteric knowledge guarded by a chosen few.

  Academic text (1991)

• The predominant discourse on conflict resolution tends to be premised on three major assumptions.

  Academic text (1993)

• From its Lutheran beginnings, Protestantism was a religious faith premised on the notion of dissent.

  Academic text (1996)

• Let me premise this argument on the idea that education is a fundamental right.

Synonyms

F

to found

vsto premise

• Formal

110 3.9

Base an idea or argument on evidence

is used to introduce that basis before an argument

G

to ground

vsto premise

42 5.5

To base an idea or action on facts

is used to introduce something as a starting basis for reasoning

P

to posit

vsto premise

• Formal

35 7.5

To suggest that something is true as the start of an argument

uses the idea as the starting basis for an argument

P

to postulate

vsto premise

• Formal

17 7.5

To suggest that something is true to explain facts

introduces an idea to base an argument on rather than asserting existence

R

to repose on

vsto premise

• Formal

8.2

To depend on something as the main basis for an idea or argument

presents an idea as the basis for an argument rather than depending

Compounds

M

major premise

• Specialized

1 7.4

A general statement that includes the main word in the conclusion, for example 'All humans are mortal'

M

minor premise

• Specialized

1 8.6

A statement in a logical argument that names the subject of the conclusion

Surface Forms

Etymology