Overview of noun premises

The noun premises has 1 sense

• premises -- (land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises")

Overview of noun premise

The noun premise has 1 sense

• premise, premiss, assumption -- (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play")

Overview of verb premise

The verb premise has 3 senses

• premise -- (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand")


• precede, preface, premise, introduce -- (furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution")


• premise, premiss -- (take something as preexisting and given)