0 an empty area that is available to be used:
I need to make (some) space for Mark's things.
When the roads are wet, you've got to leave plenty of space between you and the car in front.
He was absent-mindedly staring/gazing into space (= looking, but seeing nothing).
Virtual reality gives us artificial worlds to explore, outside normal space and time.
If you give quality players that much space, they will punish you.
What I like about this town is that there's so much open space.
I love the wide open spaces (= large areas of countryside) of central Australia.
Within a short space of time you could be speaking perfect English!
1 the empty area outside Earth's atmosphere, where the planets and the stars are:
space exploration/travel
a space rocket
Who was the first human being in space/the first to go into space?
2 to arrange things or people so that there is some distance or time between them:
That page looks badly spaced (= there is too much/too little distance between the lines or words).
The flowers were spaced (out) evenly (= planted at equal distances) beside the path.
If you're in financial difficulty, we're happy to let you space (out) your payments (= pay in smaller amounts over a longer period of time) over two years.
4 the area beyond the atmosphere (= air) of the earth:
9 a section of a newspaper, magazine, or website that is sold to companies who want to advertise:
The company buys advertising space for international clients.
10 land, especially in a town, that has no buildings on it:
The museum is planning to increase the amount of space allotted to modern art.
A great number of trees were felled to provide space for grazing.
There's barely enough floor space to fit a bed in this room.
The music represents the immensities of space.
Once in space, the spacecraft will go into orbit around Earth.
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