key premise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandpremise
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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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 ofkeyandpremisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey premise
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Thekeypremisein the argument, and the one which marks a significant difference between love for a partner and parental love, is (2).
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Akeypremiseunderlying the research in this paper is that the relationships between economic variables may be expressed better in terms of restrictions to given timescales.
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On the one hand, the theory of density dependence acknowledges thekeypremiseof incentive theory - that individual entrepreneurs and supporters are the prime movers behind interest group formation.
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Thekeypremiseof the argument is, clearly, that everything that comes into existence does so from a substratum.
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In the first stage we disambiguate the key premises and in the second stage we evaluate the premises.
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At the end of the three months premises nos. 260 and 262 became key premises and point sources of re-infestation.
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It is obvious therefore that key premises are more important than other premises in the production of vector populations (table 4).
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Although no genetic studies were conducted, there is strong circumstantial evidence to support the hypothesis that mosquitoes from key premises infested other premises.
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However, a more effective strategy targeting selective deletion of key premises in the network was not available once the epidemic had begun.
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Thekeypremiseof the match was that all contenders are sequestered alone in a locked room without light, food or water for twenty-four hours before the match.
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With this information, key premises and ranked containers can be identified within communities and targeted on a sustained basis to reduce adult production.
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Attention to subtleties pertaining to belief allows one to disambiguate key premises of the hiddenness argument.
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The definition of the term key premises is described and the rationale for its utilization discussed.
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In each study area there were 3-4 key premises each month with an average of 15 (range 10-20) key containers (table 2).
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The results showed that drums, tubs and basins, buckets, tyres and small miscellaneous containers were the key containers found on key premises.
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The book challenged key premises of contemporary liberal political philosophy, and drew praise even from thinkers working firmly within the liberal tradition.
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The wish, of course, is granted thus providing one of the key premises of the series.
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