Assume
Assume verb - To take as true or as a fact without actual proof.
Usage example: everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert
Premise is a synonym for assume in belief topic. In some cases you can use "Premise" instead a verb "Assume", when it comes to topics like postulate.
Nearby Words: assumption, assuming
Premise
Premise verb - To take as true or as a fact without actual proof.
Usage example: let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning
Assume is a synonym for premise in postulate topic. You can use "Assume" instead a verb "Premise", if it concerns topics such as belief, hypothesize.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| role | assume role | premise role |
Both words in one sentence
- Although the premise of sleeper-agent Cylons hiding out in the fleet seems to make this inevitable, every major Reveal has instead had characters immediately assume it was all a lie first, then shoot, and ask questions later.
Source: Was It All a Lie? - The premise is that this comedy duo re-enacts major events of the French Revolution and assume different characters by wearing different types of headgear and shawls.For other works by this name, see Revolution.This Film contains examples of: Butt Monkey: Wallace is the put-upon sidekick of the duo.
Source: Film / Revolution (1989) -
Occam's Razor/Hanlon's Razor: The sheer outlandish premise of Kershaw's story leads everyone to assume the more believable scenario, a drunken psychotic episode— no one could be both that cruel and that inept.
Source: Film / Pain and Gain
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