space
/'speis/
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Definition
Noun:
- An empty or available area: A continuous area or expanse that is free, available, or unoccupied.
- The physical universe beyond Earth's atmosphere: The vast, seemingly infinite expanse that exists beyond the atmosphere of a planet, especially Earth.
- A period of time: An interval or duration of time.
- The freedom to develop or exist: The opportunity or scope to think, act, or develop freely.
- A blank area in text: A gap between written or printed words, lines, or characters.
Verb:
- To position with gaps in between: To arrange objects or events with intervals between them.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- Please leave a space for your signature at the bottom of the form. (Referring to an empty area)
- The rocket was launched into space. (Referring to the universe beyond Earth)
- He accomplished a lot in a short space of time. (Referring to a period)
- Children need space to grow and learn. (Referring to freedom/scope)
- In typing, you press the bar to create a space. (Referring to a blank in text)
Verb:
- Space the chairs two meters apart for safety.
- The manager spaced the meetings throughout the week.
Advanced Usage
"to watch one's space": To be mindful of the physical area around oneself or one's personal boundaries.
- In a crowded elevator, it's polite to watch your space.
"a waste of space": Used to describe something or someone considered useless or unproductive.
- That broken old shed is just a waste of space in the yard.
Variants and Related Words
Spacing (n): The amount of space between things.
- The spacing between the lines of text was too narrow.
Spacious (adj): Having a lot of space; roomy.
- They moved to a more spacious apartment.
Spacecraft / Spaceship (n): A vehicle used for travel in outer space.
- Outer space (n): The region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Synonyms
- Noun: Room, area, expanse, gap, interval, cosmos, universe.
- Verb: Separate, interval, arrange.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Space out:
- To place things at regular intervals with gaps.
- Space out the seedlings when you plant them.
- (Informal) To become inattentive or lose focus.
- I'm sorry, I spaced out for a moment. What did you say?
Space (something) apart: To separate things by a specific distance.
- The fence posts are spaced six feet apart.
Related Idioms
"to be in a world of one's own space": To be so absorbed in one's thoughts as to be unaware of one's surroundings.
- She was in a world of her own space, staring out the window.
"the final frontier": A poetic term for outer space, emphasizing its vastness and mystery.
- For many scientists, space remains the final frontier.
Noun
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E
- a blank area
- write your name in the space provided
- the interval between two times
- the distance from birth to death
- it all happened in the space of 10 minutes
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether
- the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- the laboratory's floor space
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- the architect left space in front of the building
- they stopped at an open space in the jungle
- the space between his teeth
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- they tested his ability to locate objects in space
- the boundless regions of the infinite
Verb
- place at intervals
- Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates