within

English

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/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Hyphenation: with‧in

Preposition

within

1. In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.

   within her studio

   • 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 […] .

2. 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^[1]:

     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.

3. 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

• outside
• outwith
• without

Derived terms

• within an inch of one's life

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)
• Venetian: te (vec), in

in scope or range of

• Bengali: মধ্যে (bn) (moddhe) (after genitive case)
• Danish: inden for
• Hungarian: -nyira/-nyire (as in hajszálnyira, kőhajításnyira, karnyújtásnyira, köpésnyire, percnyire etc.), -nyi közelségben/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)
• 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)

Adverb

within (not comparable)

1. In or into the interior; inside.

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)

1. (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.