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space

 
/speɪs/ n [C/U] (EMPTY PLACE)

Definition

an empty place: [C] a parking/storage space [U] He was staring into space, seeing nothing. Open space is land that has nothing built on it: [C] Out west there are lots of wide open spaces. art In a painting, space is the appearance of depth even though the painting only has width and height.
(Definition of space n (EMPTY PLACE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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