Space Meaning
/speɪs/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounUnlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
nounUnlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise., The distance between objects.
Sentence Examples
How do you find food in outer space?
With the power of imagination, we can even travel through space.
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The astronaut floated in the vast empty ____ outside the space station.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We need more ____ in the living room to fit the new bookshelves we bought from the furniture store.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space 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”). Partially displaced native Old English rum, whence Modern English room.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But neere him, thy Angell / Becomes a feare: as being o're-powr'd, therefore / Make ſpace enough betweene you."
— c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 347, column 2:
"Which means that for every car there was 10 years ago, there are now 40. Which means - and this is my own, not totally scientific, calculation - that the space between cars on the roads in 1991 was roughly 39 car lengths, because today there is no space at all."
— 2001 November 3, Sam Wollaston, “Russian around”, in The Guardian:
"O God, I could be bounded in a nutſhell, and / count my ſelfe a King of infinite ſpace; were it not that / I haue bad dreames."
— c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 364, column 1:
"They also wanted a larger garden and more space for home working."
— 2007 May 12, Dominic Bradbury, “Lost and found - an artist's voyage from city to country”, in The Guardian:
"Space is the Phantasme of a Thing existing without the Mind simply."
— 1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy, section II:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The astronaut floated in the vast empty ____ outside the space station.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We need more ____ in the living room to fit the new bookshelves we bought from the furniture store.