living space
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈlɪvɪŋ speɪs/
- Archaic
:
espacio habitable
- square feet of living space
- feet of living space
- outdoor living space
Examples
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"Would the United States allow us to go out to gain new living space?
Blog text (19) -
There is a political sorting of living space by geography.
Blog text (16) -
In a city where life was a zero-sum condition, with neighbors competing against neighbors for food and living space, what chance did a sparrow have?
Fiction book (1991) -
The Miller women shared their living space and work as washerwomen with an Irish immigrant named Ellen Dugan.
Academic text (2005) -
The average American now has living space just shy of 1,000 square feet—nearly the size of the average house in 1950.
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If you're thinking about renovating a smaller house to maximize living space, I suggest reading "The Not-So-Big House" by Sara Susanka.
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The government considered buying the land for more living space for its growing population.
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As the city's population increased, developers sought new living space to accommodate more residents.
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The plan includes creating additional living space to support the expanding community.
Synonyms
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9.9
Land a country claims it needs for its people, used by Nazi Germany to justify taking land from other countries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituent meanings give an immediate literal sense of ‘space to live’ which a B1 learner who knows 'living' and 'space' can understand. However, the historical/political sense (territory sought for national expansion) is a specialized, culturally loaded meaning that is not fully predictable from the parts and requires prior contextual or historical knowledge.
Etymology
The phrase living space comes from a simple image: leaders said their nation needed more living space so people could have room to live, and they used that idea to ask for or take extra 'land'. So today it means land a country seeks for its people or growth.