space
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin spatiumbor.
Old French espace
Anglo-Norman spacebor.
Middle English space
English space
From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas, et al.; and spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to stretch, to pull”). Partially displaced native Old English rum, whence Modern English room.
Inflected forms:
form: spaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spaces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spacing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: spaced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: spaced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But neere him, thy Angell / Becomes a feare: as being o're-powr'd, therefore / Make ſpace enough betweene you.
Which means that for every car there was 10 years ago, there are now 40. Which means - and this is my own, not totally scientific, calculation - that the space between cars on the roads in 1991 was roughly 39 car lengths, because today there is no space at all.
gloss: Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: O God, I could be bounded in a nutſhell, and / count my ſelfe a King of infinite ſpace; were it not that / I haue bad dreames.
They also wanted a larger garden and more space for home working.
gloss: Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Space is the Phantasme of a Thing existing without the Mind simply.
These are not questions which can be decided by reference to our space intuitions, for our intuitions are confined to Euclidean space, and even there are insufficient, approximative.
The early results from Gravity Probe B, one of Nasa's most complicated satellites, confirmed yesterday 'to a precision of better than 1 per cent' the assertion Einstein made 90 years ago - that an object such as the Earth does indeed distort the fabric of space and time.
gloss: Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the first man in space
How firſt began this Heav'n which we behold / Diſtant ſo high, with moving Fires adornd / Innumerable, and this which yeelds or fills / All ſpace, the ambient Aire wide interfus'd / Imbracing round this florid Earth, […]
After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.
The human race must colonise space within the next two centuries or it will become extinct, Stephen Hawking warned today.
gloss: Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Around the time of my parents' divorce, I learned that reading could also give me space.
"I care about you Billy, whether you believe it or not; but right now I need my space."
gloss: Of time.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: Come on, thou are granted ſpace.
In two days hence / The Judge of life and death aſcends his ſeat. / —This will afford him ſpace to reach the camp[…].
gloss: Of time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I pray you, sirs, to take some cheers the while I go for a moment's space to my poor afflicted child.
The match was lost, though, in the space of just twenty minutes or so.
But their lead lasted just 10 minutes before Roman Pavlyuchenko and Jermain Defoe both headed home in the space of two minutes to wrestle back control.
gloss: Of time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Even Comrade Butt cast off his gloom for a space and immersed his whole being in scrambled eggs.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: exhibition space; public space; the space is light-filled
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
The street door was open, and we entered a narrow space with washing facilities, curtained off from the courtyard.
Converted from vast chambers beneath the old Bankside Power Station which once held a million gallons of oil, the new public areas consist of two large circular spaces for performances and film installations, plus a warren of smaller rooms.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The note next above Sol is La; La, therefore, stands in the 2nd space; Si, on the 3rd line, &c.
The lines and spaces of the staff are named according to the first seven letters of the alphabet, that is, A B C D E F G.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: According to experts, a single line of text should rarely exceed about 50 characters (including letters and all the spaces between words).
It should be typed a space below the salutation : Dear Sir, Subject : Replacement of defective items.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: If it be only a Single Letter or two that drops, he thruſts the end of his Bodkin between every Letter of that Word, till he comes to a Space: and then perhaps by forcing thoſe Letters closer, he may have room to put in another Space or a Thin Space; which if he cannot do, and he finds the Space ſtand Looſe in the Form; he with the Point of his Bodkin picks the Space up and bows it a little; which bowing makes the Letters on each ſide of the Space keep their parallel diſtance; for by its Spring it thruſts the Letters that were cloſed with the end of the Bodkin to their adjunct Letters, that needed no cloſing.
Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.
Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Mainstream Hollywood would not cater to the taste for sexual sensation, which left a space for B-movies, including noir.
A horizontal scar filled the space on her chest where her right breast used to be.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
examples: innovation in the browser space
CNBC has shown a greater commitment to the crypto space than most other mainstream outlets, providing daily updates on bitcoin or other very large cryptocurrencies.
[T]hey became responsible for managing aspects of civilian labour in the medical space, and their roles were contrasted with those of the female physiotherapists in the hospital.
gloss: A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Communication in Internet chat spaces allows participants to communicate so freely in the relative safety of anonymity that they forget their privacy.
gloss: To roam, walk, wander.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: But she as Fayes are wont, in priuie place / Did spend her dayes, and lov'd in forests wyld to space.
gloss: To set some distance apart.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.
The cities are evenly spaced.
gloss: To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
pos: verb
examples: This paragraph seems badly spaced.
gloss: To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
pos: verb
examples: My sprout, like I'm totally spaced over you and besides I like older women (arh-arh). I love you...
gloss: To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The captain spaced the traitors.
Sound effect of blow with blunt instrument, groan, and the unmistakable cycling of an air lock—Castor: "Sorry, folks. My assistant has just spaced Mr. Rudolf. […]"
A lot of people make jokes about spacing somebody, about shoving somebody out an airlock. I don't think it's funny. Never will.
gloss: To travel into and through outer space.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He well remembered, when he was a junior officer, how the sight of a well dressed, impeccably neat commanding officer, no matter how long they had been spacing, maintained the enthusiasm, confidence and morale of the officers and men.
Related words: apostrophe
curly brackets
brace
square bracket
bracket
colon
comma
dash
ellipsis
exclamation mark
fraction slash
guillemet
hyphen
interpunct
interrobang
parentheses (US
Canada)
full stop
period
question mark
quotation marks
semicolon
slash
stroke
espace
spacious
spatial
Derived words: 3-to-the-em space
5-em space
5-to-the-em space
absolute space
absolute space-time
action space
aerospace
agentspace
airspace
alien space bats
anchor space
anti-de Sitter space
antispace
anti-space
artspace
baby space
backspace
battlespace
beamspace
bedspace
bispace
Bloch space
bootspace
borderspace
bottomspace
brainspace
breathing-space
bunkspace
Calabi-Yau space
Cartesian space
Cauchy space
chatspace
Chebyshev space
classifying space
clearance space
closure space
codespace
color space
colour space
colourspace
confined space
counter-space
counterspace
covering space
crash space
crawlspace
Crookes space
cyberspace
dataspace
deep-space
de Sitter space
deskspace
Destot's space
diskspace
domspace
double-space
double space
duospace
earthspace
ecospace
eigenspace
Eilenberg-MacLane space
empty space
equispace
Euclidian space
factor space
figure space
filespace
Firstspace
fleshspace
floor-space
floorspace
Fock space
forespace
four-space
Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space Communism
gamespace
geospace
gopherspace
greenspace
Haar space
hackerspace
hackspace
halfspace
hammerspace
handicapped space
hard space
head-space
head space
headspace
hemispace
hold space
homespace
H-space
hydrospace
hyperspace
identification space
ideographic space
information space
intercostal space
interspace
in the space of
into space
isospace
is this a safe space
Junkspace
junkspace
kernel space
keyspace
kick space
Kolmogorov space
latent space
leafspace
letterspace
liminal space
linear space
linespace
little space
loadspace
logspace
Lp space
makerspace
marketspace
meanwhile space
measure space
meat space
meat-space
megaspace
metaspace
microspace
midspace
misspace
monospace
morphospace
multispace
namespace
nanospace
near space
near-space
negative space
netspace
no-break space
non-breaking space
non-space
nonspace
nullspace
open space
orbispace
other-space
overspace
paraglottic space
parallel dead space
parking space
personal space
playspace
Poincaré space
pre-Hilbert space
prehilbert space
prespace
projective Hilbert space
pseudospace
public space
punctuation space
pupillary space
quadrilateral space syndrome
realspace
respace
roofspace
row space
runspace
safer space
safe space
screenspace
search space
seaspace
Secondspace
Seifert fibered space
Seifert fiber space
Seifert fibred space
Seifert fibre space
semispace
shared space
Sierpinski space
single-space
skyspace
slack space
sober space
Sobolev space
sociospace
space adaptation syndrome
space age
Space Age
space agency
space alien
Spacearium
space attenuation
space average
spaceband
space bar
spacebased
space-based
space bear
space biology
space blanket
spaceborne
space-borne
space bridge
space buns
space cadet
space-cadet keyboard
space cake
space capsule
space case
space centrode
space charge
space cloth
space colony
space communication
space complexity
space cone
space coordinate
spacecore
space cowboy
spacecraft
space current
space curve
spacecut
space debris
space defence
space defense
space disco
spacedive
spacedock
space docking
space dog
space dot
spacedrive
space drive
space dust
space dyeing
space elevator
space environment
space equivalent zone
space exploration
space factor
spacefarer
space-faring
spacefaring
spacefiller
space-filling
space-filling curve
space-filling model
space fixed reference
space flight
space force
spaceforce
space frame
spaceful
spacegirl
spacegoing
spacegram
space group
space guidance
space gun
spacehand
space-happy
spacehead
space heater
space heating
space helmet
space herpes
space hopper
space ice cream
space invader
space-invader
space jellyfish
space junk
spacekin
space lattice
space law
spacelegs
spaceless
spacelight
space-like
spacelike
spaceline
space line
spaceliner
spaceling
spacelore
space-lore
spacely
spaceman
space marine
space medicine
space mission
space motion
space nation
space navigation
spacenik
space of Destot
space of Disse
space oil
space opera
space-operatic
space out
spacepad
space perception
space permeability
spaceplane
space polar coordinate
spaceport
spacepower
space power system
space probe
space processing
space programme
space program
spaceproof
space quadrature
spacequake
space quantization
spacer
space race
space reconnaissance
space reddening
space request
space research
space roar
space rock
space rocket
space rule
space satellite
space-saving
spacescape
space science
spacescraper
space sexology
spaceshifting
spaceship
space ship
space shuttle
spacesick
space sickness
spaceside
space simulator
space station
space suit
space suppression
spacesynth
space technology
space-time
spacetime
space-time crystal
space-time trade-off
space tourism
space tourist
space travel
space vehicle
space velocity
space vessel
space walk
spacewalk
spacewalker
spaceward
spacewards
space wave
spaceway
space weapon
spacewear
space weather
space-wide
spacewise
spacewoman
space work
spaceworthy
space writer
spacey
spacial
spacistor
spacy
spammer
spaxel
spime
spoiler space
stare into space
Stone space
subdural space
subspace
sunspace
superspace
swap space
tablespace
Talairach space
Teichmüller space
tetraspace
third space
Thirdspace
three-space
time parameter space
time-space
time-space complexity
time-space compression
time-space convergence
time-space grid
topological space
topspace
Traube's space
treespace
Triebel-Lizorkin space
United States Space Force
userspace
u-space
Virchow-Robin space
visual space
vowel space
warm space
waste of space
watch this space
webspace
whitespace
word space
Zariski-Riemann space
Zariski space
zero-width space
spaced
spaced-out
unspace
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: мя́сто
roman: mjásto
lang: Catalan
word: espai
lang: Czech
word: místo
lang: Danish
word: plads
lang: Finnish
word: tila
lang: Finnish
word: paikka
lang: French
word: espace
lang: Galician
word: espazo
lang: Georgian
word: სივრცე
roman: sivrce
lang: Georgian
word: არე
roman: are
lang: German
word: Platz
lang: German
word: Raum
lang: Hebrew
word: חָלָל
roman: khalál
lang: Hebrew
word: מֶרְחָב
roman: merkháv
lang: Hungarian
word: hely
lang: Irish
word: spás
lang: Italian
word: spazio
lang: Japanese
word: 空間
roman: kūkan
lang: Japanese
word: 場所
roman: basho
lang: Korean
word: 공간
roman: gonggan
lang: Luhya
word: enafasi
lang: Macedonian
word: простор
roman: prostor
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: plass
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: plass
lang: Polish
word: miejsce
lang: Portuguese
word: espaço
lang: Romanian
word: spațiu
lang: Russian
word: простра́нство
roman: prostránstvo
lang: Russian
word: ме́сто
roman: mésto
lang: Swahili
word: nafasi
lang: Thai
word: อาณาเขต
roman: aa-naa-kèet
lang: Tibetan
word: རྒྱ་ཁྱོན
roman: rgya khyon
lang: Turkish
word: yer
lang: Yiddish
word: חלל
roman: kholel
lang: Zazaki
word: ca (diq)
lang: Finnish
word: ala
lang: Tibetan
word: གོ་ཡུལ
roman: go yul
lang: Tibetan
word: ཁམས
roman: khams
lang: Tibetan
word: དབྱིངས
roman: dbyings
lang: Finnish
word: syöstä avaruuteen