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/wɪðˈɪn/

prep 3adv 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

able, finished, live, outside, used, white

The project should be finished within two weeks if we work efficiently.

VERB + WITHIN

apply, arrive, back, deliver, doing, dream, go, grew

The package should arrive within three business days of placing your order.

WITHIN + NOUN

appellants, century, crisis, days, distance, family, hour, hours

The company resolved the dispute within days of receiving the complaint.

PREP.

The project needs to be completed within the next two weeks, so we need to speed up.

Definitions

prep

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?

In the scope or range of.

within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard

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.

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.

adv

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?

adj

In the context of which the present document or ruling is made.

the within appeal

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — on the inside

inside

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

within ames ace

Nearly, very near.

[…]The possibility that he might prefer the excitement of such an adventure to an expedition into Yorkshire did occur to the Major, but he discarded it: Richmond had been within am

within an ace of

Very near; on the point of.

[The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.

within reach

At a distance close enough to touch by reaching.

wheel within a wheel

A complication of circumstances, motives, etc.

The fact is, there’s something I rather wanted to call to your attention. You don’t know it, but for private and personal reasons I particularly want to hold this Tiny Tots job for

within living memory

In living memory.

Example Bank

within her studio

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O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?

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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

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If you would hear it with all these about you, I am ready to speak. Or do we go within?

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the within appeal

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