#premise__premiss__premis 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"
supertype: #postulate__posit (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
subtype: #major_premise__majorpremise__major_premiss__majorpremis the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
subtype: #minor_premise__minorpremise__minor_premiss__minorpremis the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
subtype: #thesis an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
subtype: #condition.premise__precondition__stipulation an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
subtype: #boundary_condition (math) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations
subtype: #proviso__provision a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"
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