Definition of space

"space" in the noun sense

1. space, infinite

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

"they tested his ability to locate objects in space"

"the boundless regions of the infinite"

2. 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"

3. space

an area reserved for some particular purpose

"the laboratory's floor space"

4. outer space, space

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"

5. space, blank

a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

"he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

6. distance, space

the interval between two times

"the distance from birth to death"

"it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

7. space, blank space, place

a blank area

"write your name in the space provided"

8. space

one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff

"the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"

9. quad, space

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

"space" in the verb sense

1. space

place at intervals

"Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

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Quotations for space

Space is the statue of God. [ Joubert ]

Philologists, who chase
A panting syllable through time and space,
Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark
To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark. [ William Cowper ]

A world of woes despatched in little space. [ Dryden ]

You may get a large amount of truth into a brief space. [ Beecher ]

Before the revelations of the soul, Time, Space, and Nature shrink away. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Near and far do not belong to the eternal world, which is not of space and time. [ Carlyle ]

Between the business of life and the day of death a space ought to be interposed. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The ray of light passes invisible through space, and only when it falls on an object is it seen. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen. [ Jean Paul ]

Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn up. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Happy child! the cradle is still to thee a vast space; but when thou art a man the boundless world will be too small for thee. [ Schiller ]

Happy child! the cradle is still to thee an infinite space; once grown into a man, and the boundless world will be too small to thee. [ Friedrich Schiller ]

With vivid words your just conceptions grace. Much truth compressing in a narrow space; Then many shall peruse, but few complain, And envy frown, and critics snarl in vain. [ Pindar ]

I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth. I hate to see a load of bandboxes go along the street, and I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. [ Hazlitt ]

The present is withered by our wishes for the future; we ask for more air, more light, more space, more fields, a larger home. Ah! does one need so much room to love a day, and then to die? [ E. Souvestre ]

There is something cordial in a fat man, everybody likes him, and he likes everybody. Food does a fat man good; it clings to him; it fructifies upon him; he swells nobly out, and fills a generous space in life. [ Henry Giles ]

We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again. We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the industries and technologies of tomorrow. [ President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Inaugeration Speech, Jan 20, 2017 ]

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness. He that shall walk with vigor three hours a day will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe. [ Johnson ]

From the year 1789 to the year 1860 no nation has ever known a more unbounded prosperity, a fuller space of happiness. In the short space of seventy years, within the turn of a single life, the nation, poor, weak and despised, raised itself to the pinnacle of power and of glory. [ Robert C. Winthrop ]

The flitting sunbeam has been grasped and made to do man's bidding in place of the painter's pencil. And although Franklin tamed the lightning, yet not until yesterday has its instantaneous flash been made the vehicle of language: thus in the transmission of thought annihilating space and time. [ Professor Robinson ]

Phaeton was his father's heir; born to attain the highest fortune without earning it; he had built no sun-chariot (could not build the simplest wheel-barrow), but could and would insist on driving one; and so broke his own stiff neck, sent gig and horses spinning through infinite space, and set the universe on fire. [ Carlyle ]

It is a mathematical demonstration, that these twenty-six letters admit of so many changes in their order, and make such a long roll of differently-ranged alphabets, not two of which are alike, that they could not all be exhausted though a million millions of writers should each write above a thousand alphabets a day for the space of a million millions of years. [ R. Bentley ]

Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us. [ Lowell ]

We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the soul. It is not to be surprised by any communication. Nothing can be greater than it. Let those fear and those fawn who will. The soul is in her native realm; and it is wider than space, older than time, wide as hope, rich as love. Pusillanimity and fear she refuses with a beautiful scorn; they are not for her who putteth on her coronation robes, and goes out through universal love to universal power. [ Emerson ]

I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. You don't have to tell me, I said. I'm off the team, aren't I? Well, said Coach, you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times. It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

space in Scrabble®

The word space is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters space:

SPACE
(36)
SPACE
(36)
CAPES
(36)
PACES
(36)
SCAPE
(36)
SCAPE
(36)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word space

SPACE
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In space

SPACE
(36)
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(36)
CAPES
(36)
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(36)
SCAPE
(36)
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space in Words With Friends™

The word space is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters space:

SPACE
(57)
SPACE
(57)
SCAPE
(57)
PACES
(57)
SCAPE
(57)
CAPES
(57)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word space

SPACE
(57)
SPACE
(57)
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(44)
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(39)
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(39)
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(33)
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(33)
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(19)
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(16)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In space

SPACE
(57)
SPACE
(57)
SCAPE
(57)
PACES
(57)
SCAPE
(57)
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(57)
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(44)
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Word Growth involving space

Shorter words in space

ace pace

pa pace

pa spa

Longer words containing space

aerospace

airspace airspaces

backspace backspaced

backspace backspacer backspacers

backspace backspaces

breathingspace

crawlspace crawlspaces

cyberspace cyberspaces

eigenspace eigenspaces

floorspace

freespace

hyperspace hyperspaces

letterspace letterspaced

letterspace letterspaces

misspace misspaced

misspace misspaces

namespace namespaced

namespace namespaces

respace respaced

respace respaces

snailspace

spaceage

spacecraft spacecrafts

spaced backspaced

spaced letterspaced

spaced misspaced

spaced monospaced

spaced namespaced

spaced respaced

spaced singlespaced

spaced spacedout

spaced unspaced

spaced widespaced

spacefill spacefilled

spacefill spacefiller spacefillers

spacefill spacefilling

spacefill spacefills

spaceflight spaceflights

spaceless

spaceman

spacemen

spaceplane spaceplanes

spaceport spaceports

spacer backspacer backspacers

spacer spacers backspacers

spaces airspaces

spaces backspaces

spaces crawlspaces

spaces cyberspaces

spaces eigenspaces

spaces hyperspaces

spaces letterspaces

spaces misspaces

spaces namespaces

spaces respaces

spaces spacesaved

spaces spacesaver spacesavers

spaces spacesaves

spaces spacesaving

spaces spaceship spaceships

spaces spacesuit spacesuits

spaces subspaces

spaces whitespaces

spaces workspaces

spacetime

spacewalk spacewalked

spacewalk spacewalker spacewalkers

spacewalk spacewalking

spacewalk spacewalks

spaceward

spacewoman

spacewomen

spacey

subspace subspaces

unspaceworthy

whitespace whitespaces

workspace workspaces