premise

noun1 of 2

a statement or idea that is accepted as being true and is used for developing other ideas and actions

• “The main idea of the book relied on a false premise.”Tatoeba
• “You ought to think over whether the premise is valid or not.”Tatoeba

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verb2 of 2

To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.