Answer to "Basic assumption" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PREMISE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.

Basic assumption crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
PREMISE	33 %	7
GIVEN	33 %	5
AXIOM	33 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Basic assumption

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• constatation
• self-evident truth
• assumptions
• basic principle
• presumptions
• assumed
• assumes
• basicly
• assume
• basicity
• presumption
• assuming

Crossword Answer definitions

PREMISE noun

1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
2. Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
3. (usually in the plural) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
4. (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
5. (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

PREMISE verb

1. To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
2. To make a premise.
3. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
4. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result PREMISE

• Assumption
• Basis of a conclusion
• Start of a logical argument
• Logical assumption
• Basis of an argument
• Logical proposition
• Basic part of a TV showrunner's pitch
• Argument's foundation
• Basic assumption
• Logical starting point

More clues leading to the result GIVEN

• Donated
• Assumed premise
• Number in a sudoku, e.g.
• Starting number in sudoku
• Assumed
• Presupposition
• Assumption
• Established fact
• Assumed as fact
• Disposed

More clues leading to the result AXIOM

• "Caveat emptor," for one
• Golden rule, e.g.
• Saw
• Proposition assumed without proof
• Adage
• Logic truth
• Murphy's Law, for one
• Given in philosophy class?
• It's self-evident
• Assumption in math