Within

//wɪðˈɪn// adj, adv, prep

adj, adv, prep ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the context of which the present document or ruling is made. not-comparable

    "the within appeal"

Adverb
  1. 1
    In or into the interior; inside. not-comparable

    "If you would hear it with all these about you, I am ready to speak. Or do we go within?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    on the inside wordnet
Preposition
  1. 1
    In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.

    "within her studio"

  2. 2
    In the scope or range of.

    "within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard"

  3. 3
    Before the specified duration ends.

    "Leave here within three days."

Synonyms

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ininsideinteriorinteriorlyinternallyinward

Example

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"The mandatory character of schooling is rarely analyzed in the multitude of works dedicated to the study of the various ways to develop within children the desire to learn."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

live within oneselfstate within a statestay within the lineswheel within a wheelwithin a bull's roarwithin a whisker ofwithin ames acewithin an ace ofwithin an inch of one's lifewithin an inch of one's skinwithin callwithin cry

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