Words / B2

wi-THIN/wɪˈðɪn/

Within means inside a place, time, or limit: within an hour; within the grounds. Inside is the place twin; in is weaker on deadlines. Scripts must be packed within an hour. Mix-up: without is “not having” (already in the dictionary). Do not write within for “after” a deadline.

Meaning

Inside a place, time, or limit.

Examples

• “Scripts must be packed within an hour of the finish time.”
• “Stay within the marked area on the field trip, which is the place sense.”

Good to know

within + time / limit / place; within reach. Opposite of without (possession). Deadlines, maps, and regs. Inside the limit, not beyond it.

Near in meaning

inside

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