within

Use Within in a sentence

adverb

in or into the interior or inner part; inside.

in or into a house, building, etc.; indoors: The fire was burning on the hearth within.

on, or as regards, the inside; internally.

inside an enclosed place, area, room, etc.: He was startled by a cry from within.

in the mind, heart, or soul; inwardly.

preposition

in or into the interior of or the parts or space enclosed by: within city walls.

inside of; in.

in the compass or limits of; not beyond: within view; to live within one's income.

at or to some point not beyond, as in length or distance; not farther than: within a radius of a mile.

10.

at or to some amount or degree not exceeding: within two degrees of freezing.

11.

in the course or period of, as in time: within one's memory; within three minutes.

12.

inside of the limits fixed or required by; not transgressing: within the law.

13.

in the field, sphere, or scope of: within the family; within one's power.

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noun

14.

the inside of a place, space, or building.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English withinne (preposition and adv.), Old English withinnan (adv.), equivalent to with with- + innan from within, equivalent to in in + -an suffix of motion from

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within (wɪˈðɪn)

—*prep*
1.	in; inside; enclosed or encased by
2.	before (a period of time) has elapsed: within a week
3.	not beyond the limits of; not differing by more than (a specified amount) from: live within your means; within seconds of the world record

—*adv*
4.	formal inside; internally

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Word Origin & History

within

O.E. wiðinnan, lit. "against the inside," see with + in.

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Idioms & Phrases

within

In addition to the idioms beginning with within, also see in (within) reason; spitting distance, within; wheels within wheels.