ぜんてい
Meanings
Noun
1. condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis
The very premise was wrong.
2. intention; intent; aim; goal
3. premise
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
precondition; prerequisite
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
Examples (7 in total)
The premise was overturned.
The very premise was wrong.
The premise is that there is an opponent.
Some kind of assumption is necessary.
That is just preparation during the preliminary stage of the experiment.
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that that premise will hold true.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.