Premise
Premise verb - To take as true or as a fact without actual proof.
Start and premise are semantically related. in hypothesize topic. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Premise".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The Chaos Timeline is an Alternate History based on the premise that Genghis dies early, before he can start his conquests.
Source: Useful Notes / Genghis Khan -
Not Completely Broken, unlike many others with a similar premise, actually doesn't bash Lisanna, who's out fishing with Wendy and the Exceeds at the start of the story.
Source: Ron the Death Eater - Comments: This is one of those stories where you start out skeptical about the premise (a world of magical powers, instead of technology) and then you get into it.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Power Rangers
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Start and Premise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/premise/start
Premise & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/premise/start>.
Start or Premise. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/premise/start.
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