spaces
/ˈspeɪsɪz/
spaces is the plural of space.
spaces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of space.
Meaning of space
Noun
space (countable and uncountable, plural spaces)
- The distance between objects.
- But neere him, thy Angell / Becomes a feare: as being o're-powr'd, therefore / Make ſpace enough betweene you.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Synonyms:
- break, gap, interlapse, interspace, interstice, interstitium, opening, separation
- A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- O God, I could be bounded in a nutſhell, and / count my ſelfe a King of infinite ſpace; were it not that / I haue bad dreames.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- Space is the Phantasme of a Thing existing without the Mind simply.1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy, section II
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- the first man in space
- Synonyms:
- outer space
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- Around the time of my parents' divorce, I learned that reading could also give me space.1996, Linda Brodkey, Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only
- Free time; leisure, opportunity.
- Come on, thou are granted ſpace.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- leisure time, spare time
Proper noun capitalized: Spaces
Spaces
- plural of Space
Phrases with spaces
- em spaces
- en spaces
- Lp spaces
- T₂ spaces
- air spaces
- NUT spaces
- row spaces
- spaces out
- 3-em spaces
- 5-em spaces
- blue spaces
- dark spaces
157 more phrasesFewer phrases
- dead spaces
- dual spaces
- flat spaces
- Fock spaces
- Haar spaces
- hair spaces
- half spaces
- hard spaces
- head spaces
- kick spaces
- open spaces
- pore spaces
- safe spaces
- swap spaces
- thin spaces
- warm spaces
- word spaces
- Baire spaces
- Bloch spaces
- color spaces
- crawl spaces
- drift spaces
- empty spaces
- green spaces
- image spaces
- joint spaces
- phase spaces
- sober spaces
- state spaces
- Stone spaces
- thick spaces
- third spaces
- white spaces
- action spaces
- affine spaces
- anchor spaces
- Banach spaces
- Cauchy spaces
- column spaces
- danger spaces
- double spaces
- factor spaces
- figure spaces
- latent spaces
- linear spaces
- living spaces
- metric spaces
- normal spaces
- object spaces
- Polish spaces
- public spaces
- ringed spaces
- sample spaces
- search spaces
- vector spaces
- visual spaces
- address spaces
- compact spaces
- Crookes spaces
- fishing spaces
- Hilbert spaces
- liminal spaces
- loading spaces
- measure spaces
- parking spaces
- problem spaces
- regular spaces
- Riemann spaces
- Sobolev spaces
- tangent spaces
- uniform spaces
- Zariski spaces
- aces and spaces
- chemical spaces
- confined spaces
- covering spaces
- dead-air spaces
- Einstein spaces
- function spaces
- inertial spaces
- Lindelöf spaces
- negative spaces
- no-break spaces
- personal spaces
- Poincaré spaces
- quotient spaces
- spaces of Disse
- subdural spaces
- Traube's spaces
- breathing spaces
- Cartesian spaces
- Chebyshev spaces
- clearance spaces
- connected spaces
- de Sitter spaces
- Euclidean spaces
- Euclidian spaces
- Hausdorff spaces
- isometric spaces
- meanwhile spaces
- Minkowski spaces
- open half spaces
- pupillary spaces
- spaces of Destot
- Talairach spaces
- Tychonoff spaces
- Aston dark spaces
- hyperbolic spaces
- justifying spaces
- Kolmogorov spaces
- measurable spaces
- prehilbert spaces
- projective spaces
- Sierpinski spaces
- zero-width spaces
- 3-to-the-em spaces
- 5-to-the-em spaces
- classifying spaces
- exceptional spaces
- handicapped spaces
- homogeneous spaces
- ideographic spaces
- interaction spaces
- intercostal spaces
- paraglottic spaces
- pre-Hilbert spaces
- probability spaces
- punctuation spaces
- real vector spaces
- Teichmüller spaces
- topological spaces
- cathode dark spaces
- Faraday dark spaces
- interstellar spaces
- intervillous spaces
- mathematical spaces
- non-breaking spaces
- subarachnoid spaces
- alveolar dead spaces
- anatomic dead spaces
- inner product spaces
- n-dimensional spaces
- normed vector spaces
- parallel dead spaces
- Seifert fiber spaces
- Seifert fibre spaces
- anti-de Sitter spaces
- identification spaces
- locally ringed spaces
- Seifert fibred spaces
- Seifert fibered spaces
- Zariski-Riemann spaces
- physiologic dead spaces
- Triebel-Lizorkin spaces
- Eilenberg-MacLane spaces
- projective Hilbert spaces
- topological vector spaces
Words that rhyme with spaces
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Questions about spaces
- What is spaces the plural of?
- Spaces is the plural of space.
- What part of speech is spaces?
- Spaces is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce spaces?
- Spaces is pronounced /ˈspeɪsɪz/.
Words near spaces in the dictionary
Source and license
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