Premise and Question

Premise

Premise noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.

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Question and premise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Question" instead a noun "Premise".

Nearby Words: premiss, premised, premising

Question noun - An interrogative expression often used to test knowledge.

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Premise and question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Premise" instead a noun "Question".

good	good premise	good question
exact	exact premise	exact question
similar	similar premise	similar question
common	common premise	common question
Other adjectives: original, simple, stupid, actual, real, wrong, main, interesting, moral, new, major, silly, titular, central, different.

premise role

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WarGames: The Dead Code uses a similar premise, with the added WTF that the MMO in question is (pre-cancellation) Stargate Online.

Source: Hollywood Game Design
The Spanish thriller The Skin I Live In has a similar premise, although the doctor in question is using a Magic Plastic Surgery technique he invented to turn his victim into a copy of his dead wife.

Source: Clone by Conversion
The entire premise of Latif Yahia being conscripted as Uday's body double has been called into question by several journalists.

Source: Film / The Devil's Double

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