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space

∞ 2.0
The region beyond Earth's atmosphere where stars and planets are
  • noun
  • /speɪs/
: espacio exterior
  • The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into Earth's orbit in 1990 by the space shuttle Discovery.
  • outer space
  • space shuttle
  • space flight

Maybe he went to space with his plane.

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Examples

  • Elementary science tends to focus more on Earth and space topics, animals, and weather.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Mankind was never truly suited for space colonization.

  • We're looking out in space and back in time.

  • OK so now that you can be seen from space, this look is complete.

  • This is some kind of space vehicle, right?

  • It's supposed to be from a different planet in outer space!

  • See, I'm going into space, and I'm not coming back.

  • The rocket ship sped through star-studded space, landing safely on Earth with its precious burden, Krypton's sole survivor.

  • The astronauts conducted experiments while they were traveling in space.

  • Telescopes allow us to observe distant stars and galaxies in space.

Synonyms

outer space
vsspace
120 3.0

The area beyond Earth's air where there is almost no air and you find stars and planets

is the shorter, more general word for the same concept

Idioms

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Compounds

space station
  • Specialized
131 3.9

A large place built in space where people live and work for science

120 3.0

The area beyond Earth's air where there is almost no air and you find stars and planets

space shuttle
  • Specialized
94 4.2

A reusable vehicle with wings that carries people and cargo to space and returns to Earth

73 1.0

A marked place for one car in a lot, garage, or on a street

space-time
  • Specialized
66 7.9

A way of seeing space and time as one thing

65 3.4

A government project to explore outer space using rockets and satellites

deep space
  • Specialized
35 6.4

An area far beyond the solar system, between stars and galaxies

The area around a person that others should not go into without permission

27 3.7

To go beyond the air around the Earth in a rocket

25 1.6

A place where you keep things in a house, box, or phone

19 3.4

An organization that plans and runs missions to explore and use outer space

crawl space
  • Specialized
16 5.7

A low narrow space under the main floor of a building that people use to reach pipes and wires

16 4.5

A place where people can speak openly without being judged or hurt

space probe
  • Specialized
15 4.2

A machine sent into space without people to study planets and send information back

space-time continuum
  • Specialized
14 8.1

A four-dimensional framework that joins space and time where events happen

13 3.1

A small heater that you can move to warm one room

space walk
  • Specialized
9 4.9

A time when an astronaut leaves a spacecraft to work outside in space

space age
  • Archaic
8 4.7

Looking futuristic and using advanced materials like those for space travel

An area surrounded by walls or barriers

7 1.6

An empty area for writing or filling in information

living space
  • Archaic
7 9.3

Land a country wants to take for its people to live and grow

7 3.8

A tall tower in Seattle that people visit to see the city

space cadet
  • Offensive
6 8.6

A person who often daydreams and does not pay attention

space vehicle
  • Specialized
5 3.5

A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite

space capsule
  • Specialized
5 4.2

A small spacecraft that carries people in space and returns to Earth

5 3.6

A period of history after humans first went into space, starting about 1957

5 3.5

A short time to rest or think when you feel pressure

interstellar space
  • Specialized
5 6.0

The space between stars that contains gas, dust, and small particles

disk space
  • Specialized
4 3.4

The amount of free storage on a computer for saving files

space rocket
  • Specialized
4 4.0

A large machine that carries people or things from Earth into space

space opera
  • Literature
3 6.3

Science fiction stories with big adventures and drama set in outer space between fighting empires

A United States government agency that runs the country's space program and studies air and space

space helmet
  • Specialized
3 4.3

A protective head covering astronauts wear to breathe and stay safe in space

3 1.0

A long key on a keyboard that adds a space between words

space laboratory
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A spacecraft in orbit where people live and do science experiments

phase space
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A space where each axis shows one thing that can change to describe a system's state

pleural space
  • Specialized
1 8.2

The thin space between the two layers around the lungs that holds a little fluid

interplanetary space
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Space between the planets in a solar system

intergalactic space
  • Specialized
1 7.5

The area between separate galaxies in the universe

Hilbert space
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A mathematical space, often with infinitely many dimensions, where you measure distance and define right angles like in geometry

space platform
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A station high above Earth where people live and do science

A former part of the United States Air Force that managed military space and missile operations

1 5.3

The area you can see and how you judge distance in it

space medicine
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A field that studies how space flight affects human health

absolute space
  • Specialized
1 9.6

Space that exists by itself and stays the same no matter what is in it

mathematical space
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A group of points that follows simple rules used in geometry and other math

subarachnoid space
  • Specialized
1 7.3

The space around the brain and spinal cord that holds the clear fluid that cushions them

null space
  • Specialized
1 9.6

A set of vectors that a matrix sends to the zero vector

topological space
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A set of points with a rule that says which groups of points are open

Euclidean space
  • Specialized
1 7.6

A space with flat geometry and a fixed number of dimensions, like a flat plane or room

metric space
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A set of points with a rule that gives a distance between any two points like on a map

dead-air space
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A space with no air movement between layers that helps keep heat in or out

space biology
  • Specialized
1 5.5

Study of how outer space affects living things and search for life elsewhere

factor space
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A way of showing data using a few important numbers to study or compare it

swap space
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A part of the hard drive used as extra memory when computer memory is full

space lattice
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A three-dimensional pattern of points showing where tiny particles like atoms sit in a crystal

A period by law when debt payments pause and lenders cannot collect

hair space
  • Specialized
9.9

A very thin space used in printed text between letters or words

pseudometric space
  • Specialized
9.9

A space where different points can have distance zero

pericardial space
  • Specialized
5.8

A space between the two layers around the heart that holds fluid to let the heart move smoothly

semi-metric space
  • Specialized
9.9

A set of points where two different points can have zero distance

space writer
  • Literature
7.9

A person paid by how much printed space their articles use

9.9

Physical laws do not change when left and right are swapped

Surface Forms

space singular
spaces plural

Etymology

Space comes from the Latin word spatium, meaning 'room' or 'area', and English later used it for the very large empty 'room' beyond the Earth. So when we say someone travels into 'space' we mean the vast empty area where stars and planets are.