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Premise vs. Premises
Premise
/ˈpremɪs/Examples:
Mr Wingham has the advantage of being on the premises.Poirot had been justified in his premises.Go away from my premises.
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This word has no antonymsPremises
/ˈpreməsəz/Examples:
The laboratory premises are open 24/7 for research use.The film crew set up their equipment on the hotel premises.He was asked to immediately vacate the business premises.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Premise is usually singular, while premises is usually plural, even though they look like forms of the same word.
- Premise often relates to an idea or theory that forms the basis for a logical argument.
- Premises often refers to a physical location, like a building or property.
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