Definition/Meaning of space

• English - Noun: space (countable and uncountable, plural spaces) (countable, uncountable) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.: The distance between object s. 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, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623,…
• English - Verb: space (third-person singular simple present spaces, present participle spacing, simple past and past participle spaced) (intransitive, obsolete) To roam , walk , wander . 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii: But she as Fayes are wont, in priuie place / Did spend her dayes, and lov'd in forests wyld to space . (transitive) To set some distance apart. The cities are evenly spaced . Faye…
• English - Related terms: espace spacious spatial
• English - Anagrams: capes , paces , scape
• English - Etymology: From Middle English space , from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace , espas , et al.; and spaze , variant of espace, from Latin spatium , from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to stretch, to pull”). Partially displaced native Old English rum , whence Modern English room .