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 LA Times in 2008.
Basis of an argument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PREMISE | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Basis of an argument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- premise
- foundation
- groundwork
- base
- ground
- based
- basis
- founded
- fond
- grass roots
- grounds
- bedrock
Crossword Answer definitions
PREMISE noun- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- (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.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- To make a premise.
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
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