1Inside (something)

1. 1.1 Inside the range of (an area or boundary)
   a field located within the city

   Example sentencesExamples

   • This will also give you an idea of the demand for rental properties within that area.
   • Edinburgh has a mere half million inhabitants, the bulk of whom reside within her city boundary.
   • He added that the team was looking to replace a number of bus shelters within the city centre area.
   • The group was given the right to take action in areas falling within its field of competence.
   • Where did you study and did you have any particular area of interest within the field?
   • The idea is to showcase groups working in all sorts of areas within the city and get more people involved.
   • The plan states that new retail development is most suitably located within the city centre.
   • The main Olympic complex is at Homebush Bay, which is within the Sydney area but not within the city of Sydney itself.
   • Local botanists tell me that this plant has only been found once within the city boundary since 1970.
   • Greater Manchester Police has a list of missing people from within its boundaries and from neighbouring areas.
   • Both cities have a shortage of better-off areas within their boundaries.
   • The fire was contained within the yard, where there were hundreds of tyres, and did not spread to other units on the estate.
   • The area stands within the green belt despite having been an industrial site in use since the late 18th century.
   • The incentives are only available to people living within the city boundary.
   • We also have information on whether a property is located within a floodplain or not.
   • The table on the right shows the performance of each property type within each postal area.
   • The Nursery at Park Hill is an integral part of the school housed in a bright sunny building within the school grounds.
   • The scheme will now be expanded to cover the whole area within the city centre ring road and not just the main shopping areas.
   • There were just two small areas of land within the city's draft local plan that remained undeveloped, he said.
   • The old field names of the individual townlands within the Kilmovee area are not being compiled.

   Synonyms

   inside, inside the limits of, inside the range of, within the bounds of
2. 1.2 Inside the range of (a specified action or perception)
   within reach

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I like the nice big buttons on the heater controls, and everything inside is within easy reach.
   • A true graffiti artist is definitely working within psychogeography, the perception of space and so on.
   • Sadly, many of these sculptures have the noses chopped off, as they are all within arm's reach.
   • Higher studies and professional education should be within the reach of the students.
   • A fire extinguisher is best bolted to the inside of the cabin, again within easy reach, but not in the way of your movement in and out.
   • Many students go to the schools as the institutions are within their reach.
   • The target within their reach must be album chart success and playing Academy-size venues by next Christmas.
   • Human perception is merely included within the flux of images that is reality.
   • It must also be within easy reach of the station, buses and car parks.
   • What's more it's in a superb location within easy reach of local shops and train and bus services to Hammersmith.
   • On the northern edge of Kilmarnock, the Kingley Park site is within easy reach of Glasgow.
   • That their way is not right or proper or any way within the boundaries of normal behaviour hardly matters.
   • The young man reportedly ransacked the house, destroying everything within his reach.
   • The Slieve Bloom mountains and a number of forest parks are within easy reach.
   • If by any chance you get bored and fancy a change of scene, there's nowhere like the Park Bar within easy reach.
3. 1.3 Not further off than (used with distances)
   Bob lives within a few miles of Honesdale

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I have always lived within walking distance of it and I love being down there.
   • Sometimes she had been within touching distance of the silverware but then panic set in and the chance had slipped from her grasp.
   • Be bloody good to see the parents again, I miss living within driving distance.
   • If it's within reasonable walking distance, try doing this next Sunday.
   • Bizarrely her office will be within spitting distance of mine, so I imagine that we'll be seeing a lot more of each other.
   • We have everything a village needs well within walking/cycling distance and not every household has a car.
   • Over 2,000 people worked in the mills, most living within walking distance and many of them children.
   • It boasts a fairly good selection of drinks and is within walking distance from the sleeping quarters.
   • Last year, I lived within walking distance of the carnival route, and I went in both days to soak up the atmosphere.
   • In this instance, we want our children to attend their local school, the only one within walking distance of our homes.
   • Anyone within hailing distance of a currach should get over there.
   • Let's just put it this way - no animal, even one asleep and within spitting distance, need fear me with a gun in my hand.
   • Now my brother was telling me we'd grown up within spitting distance of a nuclear dump.
   • Granada's pleasures are mostly within walkable distance, but it is hilly, so you may choose to ride up and walk down.
   • But just as they get within touching distance of the prize, the boys in blue have barred Wigan's path.
   • It'll be nice to think living within strolling distance of both a multiplex and an arthouse will perk up my film-going.
   • This is no European event: this race is within spitting distance of Bonn and is the German Grand Prix in all but name.
   • Carlow were the better team overall and are now within striking distance of the semi-finals.
   • Any airlines, anywhere, whose finances are within taxiing distance of the brink could simply collapse.
   • Good to see a local hangout that's within staggering distance home if you're totally mangled.
4. 1.4 Occurring inside (a particular period of time)
   sold out within two hours

   33% were rearrested within two years of their release

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Twenty firefighters ascended the building in two groups and put out the fire within two minutes.
   • A mother and her four children were today in fear for their lives after two suspicious fires at their home within days.
   • Last fall heavy rains took the subway system out of service twice within a two week period of time.
   • Cliff Richard shows usually sell out within hours of going on sale.
   • But within that period, the price of a gilt may move up and down depending on what else is happening to interest rates.
   • Mr Barr said this would extinguish the fire within a matter of seconds.
   • The entire European tour sold out within hours of the band announcing it on their website.
   • Johnny helps Philip get the fire started and within moments, it's raging out of control.
   • The first delivery of organic oven-ready chickens last Friday was sold out within an hour.
   • They claim they could have reached him within 30 minutes, but were refused permission to try.
   • Local woman, Siobhan Leahy who had an array of homebaking on display was sold out within an hour.
   • The first show on Thursday June 26 sold out within hours of tickets going on sale.
   • The 3,900 seats for the show sold out within two hours of going on sale at the end of last week.
   • The 500 tickets for the opening night sold out within three hours earlier this year.
   • Share options give you the right to buy or sell a share at a certain price within a fixed time period.
   • Each person had to make as many sales as they could within a one hour period.
   • Despite the £25 price tag, all the tickets sold out within hours of going on sale.
   • The building was engulfed in flames within minutes of the fire starting on the ground floor.
   • Scottish pupils are entitled to 500 hours of instruction within a six-year period.
   • He was fired within six weeks even though he had headed the department for eighteen years.

   Synonyms

   in less than, in under, in no more than, after only
5. 1.5 Inside the bounds set by (a concept, argument, etc.)
   full cooperation within the terms of the treaty

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Since the central role of the police is to protect us I want them to do this efficiently within the bounds of an open society.
   • They want quality and variety and, provided that the prices are within bounds, they are prepared to pay.
   • The central novum of any of this type of work, according to Suvin, has to be within the bounds of scientific reason.
   • The practice and expression of human sexuality is to be enjoyed only within the bounds of marriage between a man and a woman.
   • Language evolves but, necessarily, within the bounds of shared comprehension.
   • Is that what it takes to bring traffic back within acceptable bounds?
   • After they met, the tape belonged to Moore to use as he saw fit - within the bounds of the law.
   • It proved a deft way to celebrate a desire to innovate while staying within the bounds of tradition.
   • Others will grant authority to the use of force if it falls within bounds of justice and reason.
   • For the next hundred years, the argument would be within the centre-left, with the Tories left out in the cold.
   • There were a number of incidents that were obviously not within the sporting bounds that we require.
   • I already have a pretty good idea of who I am, but I have defined that within the bounds of my life here.
   • Moreover, the term did not stay within the bounds set for it by the song collectors of the first revival.
   • He says reliability was within the bounds of what he expected but ‘probably at the lower end’.
   • I know I am dying, but I rely on my medical support team to prolong my life within the bounds of medical science.
   • Only within the bounds of belief, within attachment to the duties of faith, can anyone hope to walk the path to paradise.
   • The never-ending fuss about the propriety of testing helps to keep the practice within bounds.
   • The interests of the powerful demand that political debate exist only within narrow bounds.
   • It is too bound, conceptually, within our perspectives of the power of the United States.
   • Such examples are, I grant you, hardly within the bounds of the unspoken gentlemanly code of the angler.

1Inside; indoors.

1. 1.1 Internally or inwardly.
   beauty coming from within

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Happiness comes from contentment within and no amount of money will change that.
   • Her skin glowed with an eerie light, as if she was lit with a dying fire from within.
   • My blood boiled and burned like acid fire within me but I forced my will to ignore it.

   Synonyms

   inside, internally, within, deep down, deep down inside, deep within, at heart, in one's heart, in one's heart of hearts, in one's mind, to oneself