前ぜん提てい
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Meanings
Noun
1. condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis
2. intention; intent; aim; goal
3. premise
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ぜんてい
Used in vocabulary
大だい前ぜん提てい
important condition; basic premise; basic assumption; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; something that goes without mentioning; major premise (in a syllogism)
Noun
前ぜん提てい条じょう件けん
precondition; prerequisite
Noun
前ぜん提てい技ぎ術じゅつ
underlying technology; technical premise; precursor technology
Noun
Examples4
You ought to think over whether the premise is valid or not.
We are dating with a view to marriage.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Credit is an amount or limit to the extent of which a person may receive goods or money for payment in the future.