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Space

noun

The unlimited expanse in which everything is located. Synonym: infinite. "The boundless regions of the infinite"

An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things). "They stopped at an open space in the jungle" , "The space between his teeth"

An area reserved for some particular purpose.

Any location outside the Earth's atmosphere. Synonym: outer space. "The first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth"

A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing. Synonym: blank.

The interval between two times. Synonym: distance. "It all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

A blank area. Synonyms: blank space, place.

One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff.

(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences. Synonym: quad.

verb

(past & past part. spaced; pres. part. spacong)

Place at intervals.

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... space here to describe the cruel sufferings of the two younger brothers of Louis Philippe during their captivity. The elder of the two, the Duke of Montpensier, was but seventeen years of age; the younger, Count Beaujolais, was but thirteen. The brothers were confined separately, in dark, fetid dungeons, ...

— Louis Philippe - Makers of History Series • John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

... and occupies most space in the constitution because its framers regarded the legislative as the most important branch. And laws must be made before they can be interpreted ...

— Studies in Civics • James T. McCleary

... boys surrounded Hook, who seemed to have a charmed life, as he kept them at bay in that circle of fire. They had done for his dogs, but this man alone seemed to be a match for them all. Again and again they closed upon him, and again and again he hewed a clear space. He had lifted up one boy with his hook, and was using him as a buckler, when another, who had just passed his sword through Mullins, sprang into ...

— Peter and Wendy • James Matthew Barrie

... any man had tackled in this country since Abe Lincoln? Remember how they raised such a hullabaloo when they were sent to the workhouse? Well, suppose the newspapers, instead of giving them front-page headlines and columns of space every day, had refused to print a line about them or even so much as to mention their names. Do you believe they would have stuck to the job week after week as they did stick to it? I tell you they'd have quit ...

— The Thunders of Silence • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

... back veranda, the kitchen, and the space between, filled with an excited crowd of blacks, old and young, talking, gesticulating, crying, moaning ...

— Elsie's Motherhood • Martha Finley

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