premise

locali, immobile

Un edificio e il terreno circostante; in inglese si usa di solito il plurale premises.

In inglese semplice: A building and the land around it, usually referred to in the plural.

• Smoking is forbidden on these premises.
• The company moved to larger premises last year.
• Please leave the premises before we close the gates.

Sinonimi: property

Espressioni comuni: business premise, commercial premise, private premise

premessa, presupposto

Idea considerata vera da cui si parte per ragionare o spiegare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: An idea you accept as true and use as the starting point for an argument or explanation.

• Your argument rests on a false premise.
• The basic premise is that people want to help.
• Do you accept the premise behind this theory?

Come si usa: on the premise that… (We planned the trip on the premise that everyone could swim.)

Sinonimi: assumption, proposition

Espressioni comuni: basic premise, false premise, premise of something, initial premise

premettere, postulare

Presentare un’idea come punto di partenza per un ragionamento.

In inglese semplice: To state an idea as a starting point for further reasoning.

• Let me premise one point before we begin.
• The author premises that people act from self-interest.
• She premised her argument with a statement about human nature.

Come si usa: premise that… (Let us premise that the figures are accurate.)

Sinonimi: postulate, assume

Espressioni comuni: premise an argument, premise that something