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A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Precondition 76% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Scenario 76% connected

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

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Stipulation 76% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Subsumption 76% connected

The act of subsuming, or of including under another.

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Thesis 76% connected

A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

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Expound 76% connected

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

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Posit 76% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Presuppose 76% connected

To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Suppose 76% connected

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Manner of action 2

Preamble 76% connected

A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the…

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Prologize 76% connected

To deliver a Prologue.

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Assume 74% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Assume 74% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Preface 74% connected

Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary re…

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Preface 74% connected

Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary re…

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Premiss 74% connected

Premise.

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Premiss 74% connected

Premise.

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Assumption 92% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Introduce 92% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Precede 92% connected

To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

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Preface 92% connected

Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary re…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Premiss 92% connected

Premise.

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