space

Noun

• (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences

• one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
  • the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E
    

• a blank area
  • write your name in the space provided
    

• the interval between two times
  • the distance from birth to death
    
  • it all happened in the space of 10 minutes
    

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
  • he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
    

• any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
  • the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether
    
  • the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth
    

• an area reserved for some particular purpose
  • the laboratory's floor space
    

• an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
  • the architect left space in front of the building
    
  • they stopped at an open space in the jungle
    
  • the space between his teeth
    

• the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
  • they tested his ability to locate objects in space
    
  • the boundless regions of the infinite
    

Verb

• place at intervals
  • Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  quad , blank space , place , distance , blank , outer space , infinite