WITHIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does within mean? 

• WITHIN (adverb)
  The adverb WITHIN has 1 sense:

1. on the inside

  Familiarity information: WITHIN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITHIN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On the inside

Synonyms:

inside; within

Context example:

inside, the car is a mess

 Context examples 

They seemed to be within half a sentence of Harriet, and her immediate feeling was to avert the subject, if possible.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Human ACVR1 wild-type allele is located within 2q23-q24 and is approximately 139 kb in length.

(ACVR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Occupations within the field of medicine.

(Medical Occupation, NCI Thesaurus)

In another moment I was within that apartment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Most cases of acute bronchitis get better within several days.

(Acute Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Human ACPP wild-type allele is located within 3q21-q23 and is approximately 51 kb in length.

(ACPP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACSL1 wild-type allele is located within 4q34-q35 and is approximately 70 kb in length.

(ACSL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACSL3 wild-type allele is located within 2q34-q35 and is approximately 84 kb in length.

(ACSL3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides, remember that she had resolved to use it within a few days.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a tap at a door, a bull's bellow from within, and I was face to face with the Professor.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)