major premise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandpremise
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajorandpremisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Anothermajorpremiseis that small-scale urban trading has implications for gender relations, class formation and female solidarity.
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Themajorpremisemakes explicit two mutually exclusive options, chance influences on the data or some non-chance factors.
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Amajorpremiseof this work is that the control of women's labour is the basis for the male domination of women.
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While themajorpremiseis to provide an introductory level text for students interested in clinical phonology, the text contains a mixture of introductory and advanced material.
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That is themajorpremiseon which we rest our case, and we regard it as essential.
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But at least this is themajorpremiseupon which the argument proceeds.
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I accept themajorpremise, but not the minor one.
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Themajorpremiseof the argument remains unspoken.
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I believe that, given mymajorpremisewhich all sides in the debate have recognised, environmental regulation must be no respecter of national boundaries.
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He has often spoken and written of the unconsciousmajorpremise.
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That has been accepted as amajorpremise.
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I disagree with hismajorpremise; that when you will the end you must will the means.
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Themajorpremiseof this syllogism is that the burghal representatives are only to deal on the county council with matters that concern the burgh.
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That is themajorpremise.
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It has seldom been there in the front line of the argument but it has been the shaping thought, the inarticulatemajorpremisein too many minds.
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I find myself in the rather peculiar situation of commending the report's positive proposals while dissenting rather powerfully from amajorpremisewith which the report begins.
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I entirely agree with hismajorpremise; the weather forecast would be much more accurate if it covered a small area and a short period of time.
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He suffers from an unconsciousmajorpremise.
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These two terms appear together in the conclusion and separately with the middle term in themajorpremiseand minor premise, respectively.
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This is themajorpremiseon which belief and practice are based.
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