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Meaning of 'space'
Meaning of 'space' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Space 
[ n.]
- Extension, considered independently of anything which it may
contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. [ n.]- Place, having more or less extension; room.
- A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.
- Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.
- A short time; a while.
- Walk; track; path; course.
- A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.
- The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
- One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
- To walk; to rove; to roam.
- To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
Meaning of 'space' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. space [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
Example in sentence:
- he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
Meaning (2):
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
Example in sentence:
- the architect left space in front of the building;
- the space between his teeth;
- they stopped at an open space in the jungle
Meaning (3):
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
Example in sentence:
- 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
Meaning (4):
- the interval between two times
- the interval between two times
Example in sentence:
- it all happened in the space of 10 minutes;
- the distance from birth to death
Meaning (5):
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
Example in sentence:
- the laboratory's floor space
Meaning (6):
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
Example in sentence:
- the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E
Meaning (7):
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
Example in sentence:
- the boundless regions of the infinite;
- they tested his ability to locate objects in space
Meaning (8):
- a blank area
- a blank area
Example in sentence:
- write your name in the space provided
2. space [ v]
[ v]Meaning (9):
- place at intervals
- place at intervals
Example in sentence:
- Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates
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