parking space
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- noun
- /ˈpɑrkɪŋ speɪs/
:
plaza de estacionamiento
- We see Annie's car pull into a parking space outside the Peabody Library.
There's three times as many parking spaces as there are cars.
- There's three times as many parking spaces as there are cars.
- Cause how often do you find a parking space at Costco?
- You know, people need this parking space, you know, at, at the the office or whatever.
- And I think The only exception for a carve out in a parking lot is the handicapped parking space.
- What I didn't realise is that in Richmond, parking is a nightmare because all the houses have less parking spaces than there are.
- I had my own parking space and yes, you had to like at the World Series.
Examples
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Heading north, a few blocks later he spotted a parking space and quickly pulled over.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is my parking space.
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We'll never find a parking space.
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Do you have a parking space?
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- It's a public parking space.
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There were plenty of parking spaces in front of Books, Books, Books.
Fiction book (1994) -
I found the last parking space under a green canopy of trees and cut my engine.
Fiction book (2002) -
Out of the lot, he pulled into a street-side parking space and waited.
Fiction book (1994) -
Justin snagged a parking space in front of a house not far away.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's hard to find a parking space during the busy holiday season.
Synonyms
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An empty area available for use
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A marked place to leave a car for a short time
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Morphology
The meaning 'an area designated for parking a vehicle' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'parking' (designated area for leaving vehicles) with 'space' (an empty or reserved area). This simple noun+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows predictable English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Parking space comes from a simple picture: people paint lines on the ground to make a small space where a car can park. That's why the phrase means 'an area to leave a car'.