Synonym: assumption, introduce, precede, preface, premiss. Similar words: premium, emission, chemistry, reminder, euphemism, compromise, Supreme, precise. Meaning: ['premɪs] 
n. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. v. 1. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation 2. furnish with a preface or introduction 3. take something as preexisting and given.
n. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. v. 1. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation 2. furnish with a preface or introduction 3. take something as preexisting and given. 
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31. But with Auerbach the premise of the bust as substitution for the complete human form seems untenable.
32. This section too starts with a premise, which is that individual pupils are active participants in their own education.
33. The important thing is the premise, the theoretical first step.
34. This ongoing professional development is based on the fundamental premise that solutions and strategies lie in teachers' own expertise and experience.
35. I believe his whole argument is based on a false premise.
36. If that many did indeed die, I would question the premise that most of them were innocent.
37. Worse, C3 tends to start from the premise that original convictions were correct. Sentencedict.com
38. Which premise logically entails the fifteenth day of March and sails - a street of blue-black sails like shark.
39. He starts with the premise that, in many activities, safety is impossible.
40. His question is old-fashioned, rational and optimistic in its premise that technology should be at the service of enlightenment.
41. The first premise is that humans are wanting animals whose needs depend on what they already have.
42. Its premise, that a robust global economy is a prerequisite for healthy local societies, needs to be rethought.
43. The Prime Minister I agree with the premise underlying my hon. Friend's question.
44. The program is based on the premise that drug addiction can be cured.
45. The arguments in support of cheap nuclear power have always derived from a deceptively simple premise.
46. For Pateman, participatory democracy hinges on the premise that individuals and their institutions can not be placed apart.
47. He adopts Harsnett's premise that possession is a theatrical performance - Edgar continually brings attention to his madness being a pretence.
48. And the action premise that completes this credo may seem totally ridiculous in these troubled times.
49. The model of the post-heroic leader that we discussed earlier is certainly based upon the premise that individuals will respond to encouragement.
50. Assertiveness Training Assertiveness skills start from a basic premise - that we all have certain rights.
51. And it has succeeded, mainly because its premise is so unusual and unexpected.
52. Though I was in no danger of accepting his premise, the effect of his tirade was impressive.
53. An argument can be a perfectly logical deduction even if it involves a premise that is in fact false.
54. After all, this has been a central premise of this chapter.
55. The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is.
56. Indeed, one of the justifications of private property takes as its premise the idea that property ownership confers power.
57. The premise underlying them expresses an unwillingness to be drawn into any alleged dichotomy between jurisdictional and non jurisdictional fact.
58. But the original premise that all statements are either empirical or analytical is itself in neither of these categories.
59. The premise of her nocturnes is that they need to be performed with a beautiful sound and a flexible, unbroken line.
60. Shamanism is based on the premise that neither 227 human beings nor nature itself hold the ultimate power in the universe.