1 | verb | set forth beforehand, often as an explanation 2 | verb | furnish with a preface or introduction 3 | verb | take something as preexisting and given 4 | noun | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

pr'emuhs (IPA: prˈɛməs)

prem-ise (7 letters | 2 syllables)

1374 (Late Middle ages) (651 years ago)

Old French |

premised | premising | premises

introduce | precede | preface | premiss | assumption (total: 5)

preamble | prologise | prologize | prologuize | condition | major premise | major premiss | minor premise | minor premiss | precondition | scenario | stipulation | subsumption | thesis (total: 14)

exposit | expound | set forth | say | state | tell | presuppose | suppose | posit | postulate (total: 10)

(none among common words)

chemise | eremite | premiere

empires

Spanish: | premisa (logic) | premisa (idea) French: | prémisse (logic) | proposition (logic) | prémisse (idea) Portuguese: | premissa (logic) | proposição (logic) | premissa (idea) German: | Proposition (logic) | Voraussetzung (idea) Japanese: | 前提 (common noun)

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Assumption | Logician's start (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

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