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    MAJOR PREMISS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)play

    Synonyms:

    major premise; major premiss

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("major premiss" is a kind of...):

    assumption; premise; premiss (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn)

    Meronyms (parts of "major premiss"):

    major term (the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion)

    middle term (the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion)

    Holonyms ("major premiss" is a part of...):

    syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)

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