spaces

1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is locatedExamples: "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"Synonyms: infinite, space

2. an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)Examples: "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"Synonyms: space

3. an area reserved for some particular purposeExamples: "the laboratory's floor space"Synonyms: space

4. any location outside the Earth's atmosphereExamples: "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"Synonyms: outer space, space

5. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printingExamples: "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"Synonyms: blank, space

6. the interval between two timesExamples: "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"Synonyms: distance, space