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with-in · preposition

imported

Definitions

preposition

  1. 1.

    Inside the limits, bounds, or area of.

  2. 2.

    Before a specified period of time has passed.

  3. 3.

    Inside the range or bounds of.

  4. 4.

    Inside a person; in one's inner self.

  5. 5.

    Inside; internally.

Related words

Antonyms: beyond, outside
See also: beyond, in, inside, without
Synonyms: during, in, inside

Etymology

From Old English "withinnan," a compound of "with" (against, toward) + "innan" (within, inside). The word developed as a more emphatic or precise form of "in."