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English
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Etymology
From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in.
Pronunciation
Preposition
within
- In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.
within her studio
- 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: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.
- 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
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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
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in scope or range of
- Bengali: মধ্যে (bn) (moddhe) (after genitive case)
- Danish: inden for
- Georgian: ფარგლებში (parglebši), ვადის ფარგლებში (vadis parglebši), ვადაში (vadaši), განმავლობაში (ganmavlobaši) (somewhat ambigious, chiefly “during”), განმავლობაში (ganmavlobaši) (somewhat ambigious, chiefly “during”)
- 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)
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before the specified duration ends
Adverb
within (not comparable)
- In or into the interior; inside.
Translations
Adjective
within (not comparable)
- (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.