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# premise

«premise» in Mova's school dictionary: **an idea or fact that an argument or plan is based on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a premise, premises; premises — a building)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A premise is an idea or fact that an argument or plan is based on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#m1)

2) The premise of a story or film is its basic idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#m2)

3) Premises (plural) means a building and the land around it, such as a shop or school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In logic and thinking lessons, a premise leads to a conclusion; in English lessons, a story's premise is its main idea; in everyday safety signs «on the premises» means inside the building. Phrases: on the premises, the premise of the story, a false premise.

### examples

- The premise of the story is a boy who can fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#x1)
- No dogs are allowed on the premises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#x2)
- If the premise is wrong, the conclusion may be wrong too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#x3)
- The shop moved to new premises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#x4)
- «All cats have tails» is a premise in the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#x5)
- Smoking is not allowed on school premises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/#x6)

### note

«Premises» meaning a building is always plural (the premises). Also spelt «premiss» in old logic books. Do not confuse with «promise».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «premise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.