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premisesa house or building together with its land and outbuildings

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a house or building together with its land and outbuildings

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈpremɪsɪz/

Korean meaning: 건물과 그 부속 토지, 구내

Korean pronunciation: **프레**미시즈

Example Sentences

  • The security guard kicked out the teenagers loitering on the premises.
  • No smoking is allowed anywhere on the hospital premises.
  • The detective's theory was built on shaky premises and fell apart quickly.

premises

NOUN

//ˈpremɪsɪz//

a house or building together with its land and outbuildings

premises concept
💡 Concept

Real estate agent shows client the entire premises including building and grounds

premises rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

These premises house his nemeses, as he emphasizes!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈpremɪsɪz/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈpremɪsɪz/

🌳Etymology

Prefixpre--
Rootmis/mit
Suffix--es

Origin

From Old French 'premisse' and Medieval Latin 'praemissa', derived from Latin 'praemittere' meaning 'to send before' or 'to put forward'. The term originally referred to propositions stated beforehand in logic, then evolved to mean 'matters stated previously' in legal documents, and eventually came to refer to a building and its grounds.

🎵Rhyme

nemesesemphasizesanalyzes
nemeses
emphasizes
analyzes

🔗Collocations

business premises
vacate the premises
on the premises
licensed premises
search the premises
false premises
retail premises

📝Examples

The security guard kicked out the teenagers loitering on the premises.

No smoking is allowed anywhere on the hospital premises.

The detective's theory was built on shaky premises and fell apart quickly.

😄 Fun example

The pizza delivery guy got lost trying to find our office premises in the maze-like building.

😄 Fun example

The haunted house tour guide warned visitors not to leave the designated premises alone.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

propertybuildingestablishmentgroundsfacilities

Antonyms

public spaceoutdoors

Related

premiseassumptionfoundationlocationsite

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