premettere vt irreg

[pre'mettere]

1) (dire prima) to start by saying, state first

vorrei premettere alcune considerazioni di carattere generale — I should like to begin by making a few general points

premetto che... — I must say first of all that ...

premesso che... — given that ...

ciò premesso... — that (having been) said ...

2) (porre prima) to put before

premettere una prefazione ad un'opera — to preface a work