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5 N‑UNCOUNT The amount of space for a topic to be discussed in a document is the number of pages available to discuss the topic. □  We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited.

6 N‑SING A space of time is a period of time. □ [+ of ] They've come a long way in a short space of time.

7 N‑UNCOUNT Space is the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere, where the stars and planets are. □  The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space. □  …launching satellites into space. □  …outer space.

8 N‑UNCOUNT Space is the whole area within which everything exists. □  The physical universe is finite in space and time.

9 VERB If you space a series of things, you arrange them so that they are not all together but have gaps or intervals of time between them. □ [V n adv/prep] Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart. □ [V n] His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis. ● PHRASAL VERB Space out means the same as space . □ [V n P ] He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out. □ [V P n] I was spacing out the seedlings into divided trays. ●  spac|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Generous spacing gives healthier trees and better crops.

10 → see also spacing , airspace , breathing space , outer space , personal space

11 PHRASE If you are staring into space , you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked. □  He just sat in the dressing-room staring into space.

spa ce age also space-age

1 N‑SING The space age is the present period in the history of the world, when travel in space has become possible.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You use space-age to describe something that is very modern and makes you think of the technology of the space age. □  …a space-age tower of steel and glass.

space|craft /spe I skrɑːft, -kræft/ (spacecraft ) N‑COUNT A spacecraft is a rocket or other vehicle that can travel in space.

spa ced-ou t also spaced out ADJ Someone who is spaced-out feels as if nothing around them is real, usually because they have taken drugs or because they are very tired. [INFORMAL ] □  He's got this spaced-out look.

spa ce flight (space flights ) N‑VAR A space flight is a trip into space. □  She made her first and only space flight last September.

space|man /spe I smæn/ (spacemen ) N‑COUNT A spaceman is a male astronaut; used mainly by children.

spa ce probe (space probes ) N‑COUNT A space probe is a spacecraft with no people in it which is sent into space in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth.

space|ship /spe I sʃ I p/ (spaceships ) N‑COUNT A spaceship is a spacecraft that carries people through space.

spa ce shut|tle (space shuttles ) N‑COUNT A space shuttle or a shuttle is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.

spa ce sta|tion (space stations ) N‑COUNT A space station is a place built for astronauts to live and work in, which is sent into space and then keeps going around the earth.

spa ce suit (space suits ) also spacesuit N‑COUNT A space suit is a special protective suit that is worn by astronauts in space.

spa ce walk (space walks ) N‑COUNT When an astronaut goes on a space walk , he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.

spacey /spe I si/ (spacier , spaciest ) also spacy ADJ You can use spacey to describe things, especially music, which seem strange, especially because they are very modern or like things in a dream. [INFORMAL ] □  …brilliant, spacey guitar sounds.

spac|ing /spe I s I ŋ/