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UK
/spˈeɪs/
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[ US /ˈspeɪs/ ]
[ US /ˈspeɪs/ ]
NOUN
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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
he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet -
an area reserved for some particular purpose
the laboratory's floor space - (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
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the interval between two times
the distance from birth to death
it all happened in the space of 10 minutes -
an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
they stopped at an open space in the jungle
the architect left space in front of the building
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 -
a blank area
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
VERB
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place at intervals
Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates
How To Use space In A Sentence
- You think Spielberg would only have a rattletrap third-rate spaceship like the Millennium Falcon to ensure his survival? Does George Lucas think the world will end in 2012?
- Background-position: background image in the canvas element in the targeted space, designated the upper left corner of the image relative to the level of canvas and vertical spacing interval .
- As for me, I was feeling a little spaced out and tired from my trip across the pond yesterday.
- The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
- By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.
- 'When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces. The Falcons of Montabard
- I add a little extra for being all spaced-out, of course. Archive 2009-02-01
- It sits a little lower and the lower floor means more luggage and interior space. The Sun
- The space left by evaporation is called the ullage, while the liquid lost is sometimes called the ‘angels' share’ and is particularly financially significant in the production of older cognac and Armagnac.
- Press Y to select evenly spaced columns.