What part of speech is space?

Space can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. space is a verb, present, 1st person singular of space (infinitive).
  • 2. space is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. space is a noun, singular of spaces.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does space mean?

Definitions

Verb

space - place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

Noun

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"
space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
space - the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"
space - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
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"
space - a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
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"
space - (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
space - the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

Examples of space

#   Sentence  
1. noun The architect left space in front of the building.
2. noun They stopped at an open space in the jungle.
3. noun The space between his teeth.
4. noun The laboratory's floor space.
5. noun They tested his ability to locate objects in space.
6. noun Write your name in the space provided.
7. noun He said the space is the most important character in the alphabet.
8. noun The astronauts walked in outer space without a tether.
9. noun The first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth.
10. noun It all happened in the space of 10 minutes.
11. noun Cullen and Dykman (attorneys for Boston Gas Company) approved all of our changes on the agreement to release the Tenn and Iroq space back to Boston Gas.
12. noun We used to go out and lay in the pasture on a blanket and watch for the space shuttle.
13. noun Also we do not address calculation of a termination payment in the event of a change in law as the long form does -- again, more in the interest of "saving space" than anything else...
14. noun Maybe one day they will allow space tourism, (hopefully that will be in the near future)although I would recommend that NASA build new shuttles instead of trying to preserve the older ones.
15. noun But lets hope for their sake (and the sake of all space lovers out there) that they can redefine their image and rekindle the hope of space colonization again.
16. verb Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates.
Sentence  
noun
The architect left space in front of the building.
They stopped at an open space in the jungle.
The space between his teeth.
The laboratory's floor space.
They tested his ability to locate objects in space.
Write your name in the space provided.
He said the space is the most important character in the alphabet.
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.
It all happened in the space of 10 minutes.
Cullen and Dykman (attorneys for Boston Gas Company) approved all of our changes on the agreement to release the Tenn and Iroq space back to Boston Gas.
We used to go out and lay in the pasture on a blanket and watch for the space shuttle.
Also we do not address calculation of a termination payment in the event of a change in law as the long form does -- again, more in the interest of "saving space" than anything else...
Maybe one day they will allow space tourism, (hopefully that will be in the near future)although I would recommend that NASA build new shuttles instead of trying to preserve the older ones.
But lets hope for their sake (and the sake of all space lovers out there) that they can redefine their image and rekindle the hope of space colonization again.
verb
Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates.

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