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Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /wɪˈðɪn/, X-SAMPA: /wI"DIn/
• (Scotland) IPA: /wɪˈθɪn/, X-SAMPA: /wI"TIn/

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• Hyphenation: with‧in

Etymology

Old English wiþinnan. More at with- +‎ in.

Preposition

within

1. Indicates spatial enclosure or containment.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows,

     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 […] .

2. Indicates figurative inclusion within the scope of.
   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]

     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.

   • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, 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

Translations

spatial enclosure

• Arabic: داخل (ar) (dáakhel)
• Catalan: en (ca), dins (ca)
• Chinese: 在...里面 (zài...lǐmiàn)
• 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)
• Italian: dentro (it)
• Japanese: ...の中に (ja) (...のなかに, ...no naka ni)

• Korean: 속에 (soge), 안에 (ane)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: له‌ناو

• Latin: in (la), intra (la)
• Lojban: ne'i (jbo)
• Malay: di dalam (ms)
• Norwegian: innenfor (no)
• Novial: in
• Polish: wewnątrz (pl)
• Portuguese: dentro (pt)
• Russian: внутри (ru) (vnutrí)
• Spanish: dentro de (es)
• Swedish: inuti (sv), inom (sv)

inclusion within scope of

• Latin: in (la), intra (la)
• Malay: dalam (ms)

• Norwegian: innenfor (no)
• Spanish: dentro de (es)

before the specified duration ends

• Czech: do (cs), během (cs), pod (cs)
• French: avant (fr)
• Greek: μέσα (el) (mésa), εντός (el) (entós)
• Japanese: ...以内に (ja) (...inai ni)
• Latin: intra (la), in (la)

• Malay: dalam (ms)
• Norwegian: innen (no)
• Scottish Gaelic: ri linn (gd)
• Spanish: dentro de (es)
• Volapük: ünü (vo)

Antonyms

• without
• outside
• outwith

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: water · stood · large · #262: within · room · power · mother

Adverb

within (comparative more within, superlative most within)

1. in or into the interior; inside