Space - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |speɪs|  American pronunciation of the word space
Brit.  |speɪs|  British pronunciation of the word space

noun

- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located (syn: infinite)
they tested his ability to locate objects in 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
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
the laboratory's floor space
- 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
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing (syn: blank)
he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
- the interval between two times (syn: distance)
it all happened in the space of 10 minutes
- a blank area (syn: place)
write your name in the space provided
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences (syn: quad)

verb

- place at intervals

Extra examples

There's still some space for a bookshelf.

The space behind the couch

Is there space in the cabinet for these dishes?

There's not much empty space.

He moved the books to create more space on his desk.

Those old boxes take up a lot of space.

The magazine devotes a lot of space to advertising.

She has a space between her front teeth.

There isn't much space between our houses.

The wide open spaces of the western U.S.

Space the seedlings about six inches apart.

He spaces his albums so that he puts one out every two to three years.

They spaced the births of their three children two years apart.

We waited for the space of some minutes.

This problem should be solved within a short space of time.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: space
he/she/it: spaces
present participle: spacing
past tense: spaced
past participle: spaced
noun
singular: space
plural: spaces
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