within

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Alternative forms

w/i, w/in (abbreviations)

Etymology

From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with +‎ in.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɪðˈɪn/
(US) IPA^(key): /wɪðˈɪn/, /wɪˈθɪn/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /wɪˈθɪn/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /wɪθˈɪn/
- (Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /wɪtˈɪn/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪn
Hyphenation: with‧in

Preposition

within

In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.
within her studio
- 1849 March 31, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 40:
  O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?
- 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
  The Rat […] lightly stepped into a little boat which the Mole had not observed. It was painted blue outside and white within, and was just the size for two animals; and the Mole's whole heart went out to it at once […] .
In the scope or range of.
within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France‎:
  England struck back with a fine try from Ben Foden and closed to within seven points with three minutes left when Mark Cueto capitalised on a break from replacement Matt Banahan.
Before the specified duration ends.
Leave here within three days.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
  On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
  And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

spatial enclosure

Arabic: دَاخِل (dāḵil)
Bengali: ভিতরে (bn) (bhitôre) (after genitive case), মধ্যে (bn) (moddhe) (after genitive case)
Bulgarian: вътре (bg) (vǎtre)
Burmese: အထဲ (my) (a.htai:)
Catalan: en (ca), dins (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 在...里面 (zài...lǐmiàn)
Cornish: a-ji
Czech: v (cs), uvnitř (cs)
Danish: uden (da)
Dutch: binnenin (nl)
Esperanto: en (eo)
Finnish: sisällä (fi)
French: dedans (fr)
German: in (de), innerhalb (de)
Greek: μέσα (el) (mésa), εντός (el) (entós)
Ancient: ἐντός (entós)
Hungarian: belül (hu)
Italian: dentro (it), all'interno
Japanese: ...の中に (...のなかに, ...no naka ni)
Korean: 속에 (soge), 안에 (ane)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لەناو (lenaw)
Latin: in (la) (+ dative), intrā (la) (+ accusative)
Malay: di dalam (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: innenfor (no), innad
Polish: wewnątrz (pl)
Portuguese: dentro de
Russian: внутри́ (ru) (vnutrí)
Spanish: dentro de (es)
Swedish: inuti (sv), inom (sv)
Turkish: içerisinde
Ukrainian: всередені (vseredeni), у межах (u mežax)
Venetan: te (vec), in

in scope or range of

Arabic: في غضون
Bengali: মধ্যে (bn) (moddhe) (after genitive case)
Danish: inden for
Esperanto: je
Georgian: ფარგლებში (parglebši), ვადის ფარგლებში (vadis parglebši), ვადაში (vadaši), განმავლობაში (ganmavlobaši) (somewhat ambiguous, chiefly “during”), განმავლობაში (ganmavlobaši) (somewhat ambiguous, chiefly “during”)
Hungarian: -nyi ra/-nyi re (as in hajszálnyira, kőhajításnyira, karnyújtásnyira, köpésnyire, percnyire etc.), -nyi közelség ben/be
Italian: entro (it)
Latin: in (la), intrā (la)
Malay: dalam (ms)
Norwegian: innenfor (no)
Portuguese: dentro de
Spanish: dentro de (es)

before the specified duration ends

Arabic: فِي خِلَال (fī ḵilāl)
Asturian: en (ast), dientro de
Catalan: d'aquí a
Czech: do (cs), během (cs), pod (cs)
French: avant (fr), d'ici (fr)
Greek: μέσα (el) (mésa), εντός (el) (entós)
Hungarian: belül (hu)
Italian: entro (it)
Japanese: ...以内に (ja) (...inai ni)
Latin: intrā (la), in (la)
Malay: dalam (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: innen (no)

Nynorsk: innan
Polish: w przeciągu, w ciągu (pl)
Portuguese: dentro de
Scottish Gaelic: ri linn
Spanish: dentro de (es)
Swahili: ndani (sw)
Swedish: inom (sv)
Volapük: ünü (vo)

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Translations to be checked

Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} mangkie

Adverb

within (not comparable)

In or into the interior; inside.
- 1928, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, Sophocles’ King Oedipus: A Version of the Modern Stage, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC:
  If you would hear it with all these about you, I am ready to speak. Or do we go within?

Translations

inside

Bulgarian: отвътре (bg) (otvǎtre)
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰 (inna)
Greek:
Ancient: ἔνδον (éndon)
Latin: intus
Spanish: adentro (es)
Tocharian B: eneṅka

Adjective

within (not comparable)

(law) In the context of which the present document or ruling is made.
the within appeal
- 2013, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Malka v. Vasiliadis:
  As part of the within appeal the appellants brought a fresh evidence motion. Although the court did not specifically address the motion in its oral reasons dismissing the appeal, that motion was rejected by the court for the following reasons.