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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. In or into the inner part; inside.
  2. adv. Inside the mind, heart, or soul; inwardly.
  3. prep. In the inner part or parts of; inside: resentment seething within him.
  4. prep. Inside the limits or extent of in time or distance: arrived within two days; stayed within earshot; within ten miles of home.
  5. prep. Inside the fixed limits of; not beyond: lived within her income.
  6. prep. In the scope or sphere of: acted within the law; within the medical profession.
  7. prep. Inside a specified amount or degree: The team had pulled to within five points of winning.
  8. n. An inner position, place, or area: treachery from within.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In or into the interior; inside; as regards the inside; on the inside; internally.
  2. In the mind, heart, or soul; inwardly.
  3. In the house or dwelliug; indoors; at home: as, the master is within.
  4. In or into the inner or interior part or parts of; inside of; in the space inclosed or bounded by: as, within the city: opposed to without.
  5. Included or comprehended in.
  6. Among.
  7. In the course, range, reach, compass, or limits of; not beyond or more than: of distance, time, length, quantity. Of distance: At or to a point distant less than; nearer than: as, within a mile of Edinburgh.
  8. Of time: In the limits or course of; before the expiration of; in: as, he will be here within two hours.
  9. Not exceeding the space of; during; throughout.
  10. So as not to exceed or overpass; under; below: as, to live within one's income.
  11. In; in the purview, scope, or sphere of action of.
  12. In advance of; before.
  13. All but; lacking.

Wiktionary

  1. prep. Indicates spatial enclosure or containment.
  2. prep. Indicates figurative inclusion within the scope of.
  3. prep. Before the specified duration ends.
  4. adv. in or into the interior; inside

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. prep. In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without.
  2. prep. In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; ; not longer in time than; ; not exceeding in quantity.
  3. prep. Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like.
  4. adv. In the inner part; inwardly; internally.
  5. adv. In the house; in doors.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. on the inside

Etymologies

  1. Old English wiþinnan. More at with- +‎ in. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English withinne, from Old English withinnan : with, with; see with + innan, from within (from in, in; see in1). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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