premiss, n.
(premisses)
(premisses)
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 1
assumption premise premiss
sample sentences
"on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym