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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
Owner Patric Hillenbrand currently lives on premises in the residence. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The company at the center of the probe was not identified, but its premises in Romania and several homes were searched. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 After the school vacated the premises, the space was converted into a restaurant, and the mural was concealed behind wallboard. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 With VMware’s strategic changes complicating future planning, Topgolf decided to migrate its on-premises workloads, including those for its venues, offices, labs, and data centers. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026 Another concern is making the data available to systems outside your company premises. — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Neither release became a theatrical phenomenon, but each earned more than $40 million worldwide — suggesting even mediocre horror films can get respectable returns when their premises are appealing enough. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026 There also appeared to be trash and debris scattered around the premises. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 One of the shelters available during recent alerts is a modernised facility beneath the premises of municipal bus operator MPK in Lublin. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 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
  • The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Here are five ways to make your Halloween display friendlier to the creatures that fly, slither and scurry through your yard.
    — Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of yard
Verb
  • This implicit passivity assumes that technology, rather than people, will determine AI’s impact on work.
    — Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In the novel, likewise, the narrator assumes an almost Homeric guise, comparing current harbor gossip to chatter from the Phoenician, Cretan, Greek, and Roman eras.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of assumes
Noun
  • Bunker-like structures such as the concrete fieldhouse in Bridgeport’s McGuane Park, completed in 1972, demonstrate a more utilitarian approach to park amenities without much architectural interest.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The president’s proposal to turn the affordable golf facility and surrounding park into an elite golf course arrives in the middle of a federal court battle.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of park
Verb
  • Martin Zummach, an attorney who represents the officer who fired the shot that killed Kohen, says the attorney general's findings cleared his client of criminal wrongdoing.
    — SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For developers managing a mix of AC and DC loads, Inam says the device collapses a number of machines—including a rectifier, an inverter, backup power and energy management—into a single unit four feet square and 12 feet high.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of says
Noun
  • Expect Raman, whom City Hall opponents have long trashed as conflict-averse, to focus on a message of possibility and positivity while holding her ground and striking back — and hard — when necessary.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For now, PhoneBot has no arms, and its walking was trained only on flat ground.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground
Verb
  • Homeownership has long been a marker of the American Dream, but this dream presumes autonomy, voice and equitable treatment.
    — Stephanie A. Dhuman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But that logic presumes every single aspect of both studios’ production pipelines will continue to operate normally once Paramount and WBD become one.
    — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of presumes
Verb
  • The internet believes the Sundress Woman was actually the farmer’s wife.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Anyone who believes they may have been affected is asked to contact Indiana State Police.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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