Words similar to premise

Example sentences for: premise

How can you use “premise” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

First, if you start from the premise that there are lobbyists, it is unsurprising to discover that what they do is lobby.
Evolutionary developmental biology is motivated by the premise that the differences we see between species are caused by changes that have occurred in the genes that regulate their developmental programs.
As regular "Earthling" readers may recall, the premise of evolutionary psychology is simple: Those genetically based mental traits that, during evolution, consistently helped their possessors get genes into the next generation became part of human nature.
One article argues for public investment in research, infrastructure, and education, based on the premise that the information revolution, not deficit reduction and low interest rates, undergirds our prosperity.
So Morris tries to apply the premise to the astonishing turnaround of the 1980s.