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spacefaring

US/ˈspeɪsfæɹɪŋ/

spacefaring adjective: engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.

Adjective

spacefaring (not comparable)

  1. Engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
    • If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.1985, Krafft Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute,, →ISBN, page 830
    • Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry

Noun

spacefaring (uncountable)

  1. (The practice of) spaceflight.

Origin of spacefaring

From space + faring, by analogy with seafaring.

Questions about spacefaring

What does spacefaring mean?
Spacefaring means engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
What part of speech is spacefaring?
Spacefaring can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce spacefaring?
Spacefaring is pronounced /ˈspeɪsfæɹɪŋ/ (US).

Words near spacefaring in the dictionary

  1. spacedogs
  2. spacedrive
  3. spacedrives
  4. spacefarer
  5. spacefarers
  6. spacefaring
  7. spacefield
  8. spacefields
  9. spacefiller
  10. spacefillers
  11. spacefilling

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