space
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1.0
- noun
- /speɪs/
- In written documents, you should always leave a space between paragraphs for clarity.
- blank space
- white space
- space bar
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Watch on YouTubeAnd nowadays, I think more white space just means less words.
- And nowadays, I think more white space just means less words.
- And you said sometimes it's the space between the words.
- If I do command space, it opens up spotlight.
- Something weird happens where I'm getting extra ES or spaces when I'm using ES.
- So well, but that's like this goes to the white space between the words.
Examples
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Donna left too much space between letters but a narrow space between words.
Academic text (2015) -
Let's clear out a space right here.
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You want to leave a little space right there.
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And you have that little bit of space before the lead.
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What about the wall space that the students see on a daily basis?
Academic text (2015) -
"You can put it into the first space you can find, on the right."
Fiction book (1990) -
Also, there was a space for student comments at the bottom of the form.
Academic text (2008) -
Write the clues and leave a blank space for any information that is not given.
Academic text (1993) -
There'll be a blank space next to your name in my book.
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Very few applicators wrote comments about illness symptoms in the spaces provided in the questionnaire.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
An open space between two things, like a pass in hills
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1.7
An empty space between words or lines in writing
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2.5
A space between two things that keeps them apart
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2.7
Space between things like plants or letters
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1.6
An empty area for writing or filling in information
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4.0
Characters like spaces, tabs, or newlines that separate words
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8.9
A space between two words in writing or print
A very thin space used in printed text between letters or words
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A large place built in space where people live and work for science
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3.0
The area beyond Earth's air where there is almost no air and you find stars and planets
- Specialized
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4.2
A reusable vehicle with wings that carries people and cargo to space and returns to Earth
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5.7
A low narrow space under the main floor of a building that people use to reach pipes and wires
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4.2
A machine sent into space without people to study planets and send information back
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8.1
A four-dimensional framework that joins space and time where events happen
- Specialized
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3.5
A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite
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5
4.2
A small spacecraft that carries people in space and returns to Earth
- Specialized
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6.0
The space between stars that contains gas, dust, and small particles
- Literature
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6.3
Science fiction stories with big adventures and drama set in outer space between fighting empires
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3.6
A United States government agency that runs the country's space program and studies air and space
- Specialized
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4.3
A protective head covering astronauts wear to breathe and stay safe in space
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4.9
A spacecraft in orbit where people live and do science experiments
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9.9
A space where each axis shows one thing that can change to describe a system's state
- Specialized
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8.2
The thin space between the two layers around the lungs that holds a little fluid
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9.9
A mathematical space, often with infinitely many dimensions, where you measure distance and define right angles like in geometry
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5.8
A former part of the United States Air Force that managed military space and missile operations
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9.6
Space that exists by itself and stays the same no matter what is in it
- Specialized
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8.2
A group of points that follows simple rules used in geometry and other math
- Specialized
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7.3
The space around the brain and spinal cord that holds the clear fluid that cushions them
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9.9
A set of points with a rule that says which groups of points are open
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7.6
A space with flat geometry and a fixed number of dimensions, like a flat plane or room
- Specialized
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9.9
A set of points with a rule that gives a distance between any two points like on a map
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A space with no air movement between layers that helps keep heat in or out
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5.5
Study of how outer space affects living things and search for life elsewhere
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8.9
A way of showing data using a few important numbers to study or compare it
- Specialized
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6.2
A part of the hard drive used as extra memory when computer memory is full
- Specialized
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8.0
A three-dimensional pattern of points showing where tiny particles like atoms sit in a crystal
- Specialized
A space between the two layers around the heart that holds fluid to let the heart move smoothly
- Specialized
Physical laws do not change when left and right are swapped
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Space comes from the Latin word spatium, which meant 'room' or 'gap', and in writing it became the name for the small gap between words. So a typed 'space' is literally a little 'room' that separates words.