premise
/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/ sustantivo C1En español: premisa
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- 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.
- A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts. · trespass on another’s premises
- The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
Plural premises
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For though your accusations were ill-founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the severest reproof.
You, a deputy procureur, to found an accusation on such bad premises!
“I think, with your permission, I will now take a stroll round the premises.
He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready.
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