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noun

plural of premise
as in yard
the area around and belonging to a building detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance

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verb

present tense third-person singular of premise
as in assumes
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning

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Recent Examples of premises
Noun
Sustained gunfire began past midnight at the premises of the Diori Hamani International Airport, which hosts a major military base, according to an AP witness who requested anonymity for safety reasons. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 The premises is also set to exhibit thousands of objects sourced from the Powerhouse Collection, a massive national archive of artifacts. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026 The 68-year-old governor Friday touted the state’s rollback of a regulation that required restaurants or bars to obtain special permission to allow any form of dancing on their premises. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 Some prediction market companies have received unflattering media headlines based on false premises—Kalshi doesn’t take bets directly involving war or wildfires despite substantial news coverage suggesting otherwise. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026 What is sophistic is therefore to let the movement from sentience to moral status and then from moral status to legal rights happen without making visible the additional premises that are necessary at each stage. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The dead person was found as police entered the school to secure the premises, authorities said. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 But to build a web of accusations based on false premises and the manipulation of reality in order to attack the Biennale and a film invited to compete is a petty and unacceptable act. — John Bleasdale, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 State lawmakers are considering a bill that would require large retailers to preserve documentation of immigration enforcement activity on their premises, following ICE raids at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California last summer. — Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
Blank Forms has announced plans to shift base from its current Clinton Hill, Brooklyn premises to an 8,000-square-foot open plan loft on the sixth floor of 151 Lafayette Street in SoHo. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026 Florida premises liability often turns on whether the business had notice of a dangerous condition. — Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Kyson Cook, an AT&T premises technician, walks through an AT&T facility in Kettering, Ohio. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 19 May 2026 The firm established its initial focus on labor law enforcement and premises liability cases, vehicle accident cases, and medical malpractice cases. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026 The complaint alleged negligence and premises liability on the part of the school district, and the family is seeking damages. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 The mother is suing the district for negligence and premises liability and is seeking damages for medical bills, emotional distress and other relief. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Silva is suing for gross negligence and premises liability, alleging Valero failed to take reasonable steps to protect workers and prevent the fire. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026 Alexandrea Springfield is seeking amounts in excess of $25,000 for negligence and premises liability, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Jackson County. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premises
  1. yard
  2. assumes
  3. park
  4. says
  5. ground
  6. presumes
  7. believes
  8. postulates
Noun
  • Foster made the most of the opportunity, tallying seven catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in the preseason and standing out throughout training camp.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Missouri Southern’s Tillman Martin, who played in high school at Liberty North, completed 21 of 38 pass attempts for 210 yards and two touchdowns.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of yard
Verb
  • And although Engwe advertises a 55-mile maximum range, that figure assumes ideal conditions.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The committee’s analysis assumes Trump continued to hold the positions disclosed at the end of last year.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of assumes
Noun
  • He was found dead after crashing his blue Kia into a home near the park.
    — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Down in the Keys, Dry Tortugas National Park has grappled with deteriorating historic masonry and failing dock systems, threatening the safety of tens of thousands of visitors who visit the park’s remote Fort Jefferson each year.
    — Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of park
Verb
  • The cult member says some predictably culty things about how Thom doesn’t need his father or his friends for guidance.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine says goods sold by the company include equipment and technical components that are used by the Russian military.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of says
Noun
  • The movie, featured in the Venice Spotlight section of the fest, looks to break new ground.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In this context, Lord’s has more than done its bit — no English ground has seen more swing movement or more seam movement post-pandemic.
    — Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of ground
Verb
  • The group presumes the deal would need approval from Chicago’s City Council as well.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Hoodoo tradition presumes a belief in a supernatural or spirit world that can be called upon for assistance, often through charms and incantations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of presumes
Verb
  • Consequently, Shin believes the won has significant room for appreciation moving forward.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kaltenbrunner believes that Hitler has been sent by God to rule over Germany.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of believes
Verb
  • One of the theories postulates that the ribbon represents a group of particles that somehow leaked from the heliosphere and bounced around interstellar space before returning to the Solar System.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of postulates

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“Premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premises. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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