(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

take something as preexisting and given

the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)

the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)

an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

a postulated sequence of possible events