Word Meaning 大前提

だいぜんてい daizentei

大前提 is read as だいぜんてい (daizentei) and means major premise (in a syllogism).

Meaning

English

  1. major premise (in a syllogism)
  2. important condition
  3. basic premise
  4. basic assumption
  5. something that should be obvious to all
  6. something that should not have to be argued
  7. something that goes without mentioning

Reading

Kana

だいぜんてい

Romaji

daizentei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 1988 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大岡越前

おおおかえちぜん

Ōoka Echizen (televised period drama; 1970-1999)

前提

ぜんてい

premise

小前提

しょうぜんてい

minor premise

大化前代

たいかぜんだい

period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform

前大統領

ぜんだいとうりょう

previous president (immediately preceding the incumbent)

前提条件

ぜんていじょうけん

precondition

前提技術

ぜんていぎじゅつ

underlying technology

弘前学院大学

ひろさきがくいんだいがく

Hirosaki Gakuin College

弘前大学

ひろさきだいがく

Hirosaki University

結婚を前提に

けっこんをぜんていに

with a view to marriage

前立腺肥大症

ぜんりつせんひだいしょう

enlargement of the prostate

前橋工科大学

まえばしこうかだいがく

Maebashi Institute of Technology