within

In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.

Adjective

  1. In the context of which the present document or ruling is made.
    • the within appeal
    • 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...

Origin

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

Forms

w/i w/in

Adverb

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

Forms

w/i w/in

Preposition

  1. In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.
    • within her studio
    • O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream? - 1849 March 31, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […],...
    • 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[…]. -...
  2. In the scope or range of.
    • within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard
    • 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. - 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup...
  3. Before the specified duration ends.
    • Leave here within three days.
    • 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...
    • 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 - 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012:...

Forms

w/i w/in

Antonyms

outside outwith without

Derived

live within oneself state within a state stay within the lines traitor within the gates wheel within a wheel within a bull's roar within ames ace within an ace of within an inch of one's life within an inch of one's skin within arm's reach within a whisker of within call within cry within doors within-doors within living memory within one sigma within one's means within one's rights within reach within reason within-subjects within the agreed time