within
//wɪðˈɪn//
Definitions
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?
1.In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.
- O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?
2.In the scope or range of.
- 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.
1.In the context of which the present document or ruling is made.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #399
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English withinne, withinnen
From Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in.