From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in.
Meanings
(not-comparable) In the context of which the present document or ruling is made.
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. 2013, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Malka v. Vasiliadis:
From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in.
Meanings
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: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 40:
Diplomatic codes that allow Yugoslavia to get along with the rest of the world do not apply within Yugoslavia. 1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 103:
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[…]. 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
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. 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard
Before the specified duration ends.
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, 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:
[…] “You’d better get here within half an hour, or I’m phoning the police.” 2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026:
Leave here within three days.
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: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
el εντός (spatially enclosed by) · pl wewnątrz (spatially enclosed by) · it entro (before the specified duration ends) · el μέσα (before the specified duration ends) · ms dalam (before the specified duration ends) · pl w przeciągu (before the specified duration ends) · it all'interno (spatially enclosed by) · es dentro de (before the specified duration ends) · pt dentro de (before the specified duration ends) · la in (spatially enclosed by) · ca en (spatially enclosed by) · uk всере́дині (spatially enclosed by) · el μέσα (spatially enclosed by) · ka ვადაში (in the scope or range of) · an dintro de (before the specified duration ends) · ast dientro de (before the specified duration ends) · la intrā (spatially enclosed by) · hi अंतः (in the scope or range of) · ca dins (spatially enclosed by) · ms dalam (in the scope or range of) · ar دَاخِل (spatially enclosed by) · nl binnenin (spatially enclosed by) · no innenfor (in the scope or range of) · eo je (in the scope or range of) · el εντός (before the specified duration ends) · an dintro de (spatially enclosed by) · sv inom (before the specified duration ends) · ka ფარგლებში (in the scope or range of) · ja ...の中に (spatially enclosed by) · ms di dalam (spatially enclosed by) · da inden for (in the scope or range of) · grc ἐντός (spatially enclosed by) · sw ndani (before the specified duration ends) · la intrā (in the scope or range of) · ar فِي خِلَال (before the specified duration ends) · sv inom (spatially enclosed by) · la intrā (before the specified duration ends) · pt dentro de (spatially enclosed by) · la in (before the specified duration ends) · cs do (before the specified duration ends) · de in (spatially enclosed by) · an adintro de (spatially enclosed by) · nb innad (spatially enclosed by) · de innerhalb (in the scope or range of) · hu -nyi közelségben/be (in the scope or range of) · es dentro de (spatially enclosed by) · hi अंतः (spatially enclosed by) · gd ri linn (before the specified duration ends) · nb innenfor (spatially enclosed by) · kw a-ji (spatially enclosed by) · uk у межах (spatially enclosed by) · hi भीतर (spatially enclosed by) · fi sisällä (spatially enclosed by) · la in (in the scope or range of) · hu belül (before the specified duration ends) · eo en (spatially enclosed by) · pt dentro de (in the scope or range of) · an aintro de (before the specified duration ends) · fi mennessä (before the specified duration ends) · nb innen (before the specified duration ends) · da uden (spatially enclosed by) · bg вътре (spatially enclosed by) · ja ...以内に (before the specified duration ends) · vec in (spatially enclosed by) · cs v (spatially enclosed by) · ka ვადის ფარგლებში (in the scope or range of) · aaa 5320 (in the scope or range of) · ckb لەناو (spatially enclosed by) · ru внутри́ (spatially enclosed by) · cmn 在...里面 (spatially enclosed by) · ar في غضون (in the scope or range of) · sv inuti (spatially enclosed by) · an adintro de (before the specified duration ends) · pl w ciągu (before the specified duration ends) · ko 안에 (spatially enclosed by) · fr d'ici (before the specified duration ends) · de innerhalb (spatially enclosed by) · ko 속에 (spatially enclosed by) · tr içerisinde (spatially enclosed by) · fr dedans (spatially enclosed by) · an aintro de (spatially enclosed by) · it entro (in the scope or range of) · nn innan (before the specified duration ends) · vec te (spatially enclosed by) · ka განმავლობაში (in the scope or range of) · it dentro (spatially enclosed by) · my အထဲ (spatially enclosed by) · es dentro de (in the scope or range of) · vo ünü (before the specified duration ends) · hu belül (spatially enclosed by) · fr avant (before the specified duration ends) · ca d'aquí a (before the specified duration ends) · fi sisällä (in the scope or range of) · cs pod (before the specified duration ends) · ast en (before the specified duration ends) · cs uvnitř (spatially enclosed by) · cs během (before the specified duration ends)
From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in.
Meanings
(not-comparable) 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:
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Translations (12)
txb eneṅka (inside) · got 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰 (inside) · an aintro (inside) · an dintro (inside) · fi sisällä (inside) · an adintro (inside) · la intus (inside) · es adentro (inside) · eo ene (inside) · bg отвътре (inside) · fi sisälle (inside) · grc ἔνδον (inside)