to make space
15
2.5
- phrasal verb
- You may start to see how he views things and if he is really ready and willing to make space for you.
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Watch on YouTubeSo we also have to make space in life for people.
- So we also have to make space in life for people.
- And actually, even more than that, it starts to make space for other feelings to emerge.
- So it seems to me not wrong to ask, can law make space for forgiveness?
- A work, a poem makes space for the real that only includes us.
- But what we want is to be able to meet someone in life who can make space for those parts of us.
- It's different every single day, but I stopped making space for anything outside of sweatpants and hoodies.
- That's what I mean by, you know, letting go of things in order to make space for better things to come in.
- You know, there's all these types of non human intelligences that religion makes space for.
- Corporate wonks and academic enablers will say well everyone has a different style or let's make space for the different ways that people show up.
- Make room and make space for new people to come in and walk with you on the vision.
Examples
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The north wing of the old building was knocked down to make space for the football field, which we're underneath now.
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Doing so would make space for dedicated cycle tracks for bicycles.
Blog text (32) -
So we also have to make space in life for people.
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I do not feel that they need to make space for you as a person in their life.
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But what we want is to be able to meet someone in life who can make space for those parts of us.
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So you slow down and you make space and you let it impact you more deeply.
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We need to make space for them to express how they feel.
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Settlement houses also played a role in bringing services to Black women by making space available to other agencies.
Academic text (1994) -
As Uruk grew, its farmers began chopping down trees to make space for more crops.
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We need to make space for them to express how they feel.
Synonyms
95
2.1
To move things so they are in a new order
71
6.8
Have enough space for people or things
67
3.3
Move aside or be replaced by something else
61
2.3
Move aside to let a person or vehicle pass
3
3.2
To make more room by removing or moving things
1
4.1
To remove things you do not need to make a place tidy and easier to use
Antonyms
How Spacious
15
2.5
25
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to create room' is directly derivable from combining 'make' (to create) with 'space' (an empty area); this verb + noun composition is productive and follows standard English patterns. Equivalent, literal constructions exist in many languages (e.g. Spanish 'hacer espacio', French 'faire de la place'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Make space comes from the simple image of moving things aside to open a clear area. You make a space by moving objects away, so it means 'create room' for something else.