space

A2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /speɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #837

Meanings

1

noun
An empty area between or around things that can be used or filled.

There wasn't enough space in the closet for all my clothes.
2

noun
The area beyond the Earth's atmosphere where the stars and planets are.

The astronauts spent six months living in space.
3

noun
An area kept or used for a particular purpose.

We rented an office space in the city center.
4

noun
An empty part of a page or form where you can write.

Write your name in the space provided.
5

noun
The small gap you leave between words when writing or typing.

You forgot to put a space between these two words.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an empty area between or... gap opening

2 noun · the area beyond the earth's... outer space

4 noun · an empty part of a page or... blank space

5 noun · the small gap you leave... blank

Word family

Forms spacedspacesspacing

Derived forms aerospaceagentspaceairspaceanti-spaceantispaceartspacebackspacebattlespacebeamspacebedspacebispacebootspace

Related forms apostrophe brace bracket colon comma dash ellipsisespaceguillemet hyphen interpunctinterrobang

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Phrases (11)

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open space
an area with no buildings or obstructions, free to move around in

Adjective + noun
outdoor space
an area outside a building available for use

Adjective + noun
need space
require room, physically or emotionally, often to think or recover

Verb + noun
save space
use less physical room by being compact or efficient

Verb + noun
take up space
occupy a significant amount of physical area

Verb + noun
limited space
a small amount of available room

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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watch this space
used to say that more news or developments will come soon

Etymology

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”).

space Middle English spatium Latin *(s)peh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction

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# space

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /speɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 837

## Meanings
1. An empty area between or around things that can be used or filled.
2. The area beyond the Earth's atmosphere where the stars and planets are.
3. An area kept or used for a particular purpose.
4. An empty part of a page or form where you can write.
5. The small gap you leave between words when writing or typing.

## Examples
- There wasn't enough space in the closet for all my clothes.
- The astronauts spent six months living in space.
- We rented an office space in the city center.
- Write your name in the space provided.
- You forgot to put a space between these two words.

## Derived Forms
- aerospace
- agentspace
- airspace
- anti-space
- antispace
- artspace
- backspace
- battlespace
- beamspace
- bedspace
- bispace
- bootspace

## Related Forms
- apostrophe
- brace
- bracket
- colon
- comma
- dash
- ellipsis
- espace
- guillemet
- hyphen
- interpunct
- interrobang

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: space
- Root: spatium
- Root: *(s)peh₂-

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Space is 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”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English space, xno space, Latin spatium, Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂-. In current use it includes senses such as An empty area between or around things that can be used or filled and The area beyond the Earth's atmosphere where the stars and planets are.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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