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space
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Meanings
noun
  • a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.
    E.g. a table took up much of the space
  • the dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move.
    E.g. the work gives the sense of a journey in space and time
  • an interval of time (often used to suggest that the time is short considering what has happened or been achieved in it).
    E.g. both their cars were stolen in the space of three days
  • the portion of a text or document available or needed to write about a subject.
    E.g. there is no space to give further details
  • the freedom to live, think, and develop in a way that suits one.
    E.g. a teenager needing her own space
  • one of two possible states of a signal in certain systems.
verb
  • position (two or more items) at a distance from one another.
    E.g. the poles are spaced 3m apart

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