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Noun space has 8 senses

space - the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
--₁ is a kind of abstraction
--₁ has part: location; aerospace
--₁ has particulars:
absolute space; phase space; mathematical space, topological space; outer space
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"
--₂ is a kind of amorphous shape; location
--₂ has particulars:
crenel, crenelle; pleural space; subarachnoid space; opening, gap; swath; angle; void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum; hole; cavity, enclosed space; pocket

Derived form: verb space₁
space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
--₃ is a kind of area, country
--₃ has particulars:
airspace, air space; crawlspace, crawl space; disk space, disc space; flies; key, paint; no-parking zone; parking space, parking zone; separation; seat, place; terreplein; workspace
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"
--₄ is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol

Derived form: verb space₁
distance, space - the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
--₅ is a kind of time interval, interval

Derived form: verb space₁
space, blank space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
--₆ is a kind of area, expanse, surface area
--₆ is a part of form
--₆ has particulars: margin; indentation, indent, indenture
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"
--₇ is a kind of area, expanse, surface area
--₇ is a part of musical notation; staff, stave
quad, space - (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
--₈ is a kind of type
--₈ has particulars: hair space

Verb space has 1 sense

space - place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
--₁ is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Derived forms: noun space₅, noun space₄, noun space₂, noun spacing₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP