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前提
前提 = ぜんてい = premise
The subtitle of a recent management book was
ビジネスの変わった！Bijinesu no zentei ga kawatta!
(The underlying assumptions of business have changed!)
前提を壊す
ぜんてい を こわす
to destroy a premise; to change an underlying assumption
前提条件
ぜんてい じょうけん
preconditions
X を前提として
X を ぜんてい と して
assuming X; based on the assumption of X