English verb: premise |
1. | premise (communication) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation |
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| Samples | He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | exposit, expound, set forth |
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2. | premise (communication) furnish with a preface or introduction |
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| Samples | She always precedes her lectures with a joke. He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution.
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| Synonyms | introduce, precede, preface |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | say, state, tell |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | preamble, prologise, prologize, prologuize |
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3. | premise (cognition) take something as preexisting and given |
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| Synonyms | premiss |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | presuppose, suppose |
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