initial premise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandpremise
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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premise
noun[C]
uk/ˈprem.ɪs/us/ˈprem.ɪs/
an idea or theory on which a statement or action ...
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(Definition ofinitialandpremisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinitial premise
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They do not, however, consider the possibility that theirinitialpremisemay have been flawed.
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His second major objection assumes the conclusion in hisinitialpremise, leading his argument into circularity.
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Without a foundation in the primacy of patient welfare, there is no standard by which the immoral extrapolation of a seemingly innocentinitialpremisecan be measured.
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Does that not run counter to theinitialpremise, and will it not cause people to wonder whether they are doing the right thing?
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I go back to theinitialpremisethat the measure is designed to stimulate competition in banking.
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There are few ways in which we can get a satisfactory answer if a number of people—perhaps a large number—object to theinitialpremise.
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Theinitialpremiseplaced the story on a space station in order to avoid the ecological damage that the creatures would have on a planet.
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Wikipedia
This realist school developed a rigid five-member schema of inference involving aninitialpremise, a reason, an example, an application and a conclusion.
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The initial premises are projected from the lexicon.
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To avoid the morally untenable conclusion, these constraints must be built into the initial premises at the outset of the argument.
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We approached the problem with three initial premises.
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