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# within

preposition, adverb

«within» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Within means inside a limit, not going past it: «within 20», «within an hour». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#m1)
2. Within means inside a place or group: «within the school grounds». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#m2)

### In the lessons

numbers up to a limit, such as 20: «Adding within 20»; a time limit: «within 10 minutes»; phrases: «within reach», «within an hour», «within the rules»

### Examples

- Today's lesson: Adding within 20. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x1)
- Taking away within 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x2)
- All the answers are within 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x3)
- Please return the book within two weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x4)
- Keep the medicine out of a child's reach, not within it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x5)
- Stay within the school grounds at lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x6)
- The pizza will arrive within 30 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x7)
- We live within walking distance of the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x8)
- Within the Dun there was disorder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/#x9)

### Note

Tells that the numbers stay small; carries no operation clue. «within 20» means the numbers are 20 or less.

## In Jewish tradition

numbers up to a limit, such as 20: «Adding within 20»; a time limit: «within 10 minutes»; phrases: «within reach», «within an hour», «within the rules»

### Examples

- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. (Torah GEN.9.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/#x1)
- Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee; (Torah DEU.16.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/#x2)
- And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?' (Torah GEN.18.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/#x3)
- My reins are consumed within me. (Writings JOB.19.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/#x4)
- Who shall come within his double bridle? (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/#x5)
- Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/#x6)

### Note

Tells that the numbers stay small; carries no operation clue. «within 20» means the numbers are 20 or less.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «within» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/within/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«within» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/within.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «within» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/within/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«within» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/within.html) on Mova free.