space betydelse and definition

Betydelse av space på svenska

• 0 an empty area that is available to be used:

  • Is there any space for my clothes in that cupboard?

  • 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.

  • The blank space at the end of the form is for your name.

  • We found a parking space close to the museum.

  • 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!

  • It all happened in the space of ten minutes.

• 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.

• 3 an empty place:

  • [ C ] a parking/storage space

  • [ U ] He was staring into space, seeing nothing.

  • [ C ] Out west there are lots of wide open spaces.

• 4 the area beyond the atmosphere (= air) of the earth:

  • space travel

  • The rocket blasted off to outer space.

• 5 an amount of time:

  • Within the space of three weeks, I felt much better.

• 6 to arrange the distance between things:

  • Try to space the stitches evenly as you sew.

• 7 to arrange the time between things:

  • The moves are spaced about eight to ten seconds apart.

• 8 an empty area that is available to be used:

  • There is greater demand for downtown office space.

• 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:

  • Development was planned for the open space outside town.