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[speɪs] noun I
1) [C/U] an empty or available area
We replaced the bath with a shower to create more space.[/ex]
Their voices sounded loud in the small space.[/ex]
What we really need is more green spaces in cities.[/ex]
The nursery has space for 48 children.[/ex]
You can grow herbs in the spaces between the plants.[/ex]
See:
place
2) [C/U] an area used for a particular purpose
a parking space[/ex]
Newspapers make money from selling advertising space.[/ex]
3) [U] the whole of the universe outside the Earth's atmosphere
a space mission[/ex]
The crew have been living in space for over three months.[/ex]
4) [U] the area in which everything exists
different points in space and time[/ex]
5) [singular] a period of time
It was an amazing achievement in such a short space of time.[/ex]
In the space of 36 hours, I had travelled halfway round the world.[/ex]
•
look/stare into space — to look ahead for a long time but not see anything, because you are thinking about something[/ex]
II
verb [T]
space [speɪs]
to arrange objects, events etc so that they are a particular time or distance apart

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