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space
English
Etymology
From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas et al., and Old French spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European *speh?- 'to stretch, to pull'.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sp?s, IPA(key): /spe?s/
- Hyphenation: space
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
space (countable and uncountable, plural spaces)
- (heading) Of time.
- (now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity. [from 14thc.]
- A specific (specified) period of time. [from 14thc.]
- 1893, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Giles Corey
- I pray you, sirs, to take some cheers the while I go for a moment's space to my poor afflicted child.
- 2007, Andy Bull, The Guardian, 20 October:
- The match was lost, though, in the space of just twenty minutes or so.
- 1893, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Giles Corey
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while. [from 15thc.]
- 1923, PG Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
- Even Comrade Butt cast off his gloom for a space and immersed his whole being in scrambled eggs.
- 1923, PG Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
- (now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity. [from 14thc.]
- (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
- Distance between things. [from 14thc.]
- 2001, Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 3 November:
- Which means that for every car there was 10 years ago, there are now 40. Which means - and this is my own, not totally scientific, calculation - that the space between cars on the roads in 1991 was roughly 39 car lengths, because today there is no space at all.
- 2001, Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 3 November:
- Physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume (sometimes for or to do something). [from 14thc.]
- 2007, Dominic Bradbury, The Guardian, 12 May:
- They also wanted a larger garden and more space for home working.
- 2007, Dominic Bradbury, The Guardian, 12 May:
- Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this. [from 17thc.]
- 1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy, II
- Space is the Phantasme of a Thing existing without the Mind simply.
- 1880, Popular Science, August:
- These are not questions which can be decided by reference to our space intuitions, for our intuitions are confined to Euclidean space, and even there are insufficient, approximative.
- 2007, Anushka Asthana & David Smith, The Observer, 15 April:
- The early results from Gravity Probe B, one of Nasa's most complicated satellites, confirmed yesterday 'to a precision of better than 1 per cent' the assertion Einstein made 90 years ago - that an object such as the Earth does indeed distort the fabric of space and time.
- 1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy, II
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere; outer space. [from 17thc.]
- 1901, HG Wells, The First Men in the Moon:
- After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.
- 2010, The Guardian, 9 August:
- The human race must colonise space within the next two centuries or it will become extinct, Stephen Hawking warned today.
- 1901, HG Wells, The First Men in the Moon:
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom. [from 20thc.]
- 1996, Linda Brodkey, Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only:
- Around the time of my parents' divorce, I learned that reading could also give me space.
- 2008, Jimmy Treigle, Walking on Water
- "I care about you Billy, whether you believe it or not; but right now I need my space."
- 1996, Linda Brodkey, Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only:
- Distance between things. [from 14thc.]
- (heading) A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries. [from 14thc.]
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- 2000, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Islam and Gender
- The street door was open, and we entered a narrow space with washing facilities, curtained off from the courtyard.
- 2012, Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, 16 July:
- Converted from vast chambers beneath the old Bankside Power Station which once held a million gallons of oil, the new public areas consist of two large circular spaces for performances and film installations, plus a warren of smaller rooms.
- (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines. [from 15thc.]
- 1849, John Pyke Hullah, translating Guillaume Louis Bocquillon-Wilhem, Wilhelm's Method of Teaching Singing
- The note next above Sol is La; La, therefore, stands in the 2nd space; Si, on the 3rd line, &c.
- 1990, Sammy Nzioki, Music Time
- The lines and spaces of the staff are named according to the first seven letters of the alphabet, that is, A B C D E F G.
- 1849, John Pyke Hullah, translating Guillaume Louis Bocquillon-Wilhem, Wilhelm's Method of Teaching Singing
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16thc.]
- 1992, Sam H Ham, Environmental Interpretation
- According to experts, a single line of text should rarely exceed about 50 characters (including letters and all the spaces between words).
- 2005, Dr BR Kishore, Dynamic Business Letter Writing:
- It should be typed a space below the salutation : Dear Sir, Subject : Replacement of defective items.
- 1992, Sam H Ham, Environmental Interpretation
- (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad). [from 17thc.]
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v.2, pp.240–1:
- If it be only a Single Letter or two that drops, he thru?ts the end of his Bodkin between every Letter of that Word, till he comes to a Space: and then perhaps by forcing tho?e Letters closer, he may have room to put in another Space or a Thin Space; which if he cannot do, and he finds the Space ?tand Loo?e in the Form; he with the Point of his Bodkin picks the Space up and bows it a little; which bowing makes the Letters on each ?ide of the Space keep their parallel di?tance; for by its Spring it thru?ts the Letters that were clo?ed with the end of the Bodkin to their adjunct Letters, that needed no clo?ing.
- 1979, Marshall Lee, Bookmaking, p.110:
- Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.
- 2005, Phil Baines and Andrew Haslam, Type & Typography, 2nd ed., p.91:
- Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v.2, pp.240–1:
- A gap; an empty place. [from 17thc.]
- 2004, Harry M Benshoff (ed.), Queer Cinéma
- Mainstream Hollywood would not cater to the taste for sexual sensation, which left a space for B-movies, including noir.
- 2009, Barbara L. Lev, From Pink to Green
- A horizontal scar filled the space on her chest where her right breast used to be.
- 2004, Harry M Benshoff (ed.), Queer Cinéma
- (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). [from 20thc.]
- (countable, figuratively) A marketplace for goods or services.
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries. [from 14thc.]
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:space.
Synonyms
- (free time): leisure time, spare time
- (specific period of time): duration, span; see also Thesaurus:period
- (undefined period of time): spell, while; see also Thesaurus:uncertain period
- (distance between things): break, gap; see also Thesaurus:interspace
- (intervening contents of a volume): volume
- (space occupied by or intended for a person or thing): room, volume
- (area or volume of sufficient size to accommodate a person or thing): place, spot, volume
- (area beyond the atmosphere of planets that consists of a vacuum): outer space
- (gap between written characters): blank, gap, whitespace (graphic design)
- (metal type): quad, quadrat
- (set of points each uniquely specified by a set of coordinates):
- (personal freedom to think or be oneself):
- (state of mind one is in when daydreaming):
- (generalized construct or set in mathematics):
- (one of the five basic elements in Indian philosophy): ether
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
Punctuation
Verb
space (third-person singular simple present spaces, present participle spacing, simple past and past participle spaced)
- (obsolete, intransitive) 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.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
- (transitive) To set some distance apart.
- Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.
- The cities are evenly spaced.
- To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
- This paragraph seems badly spaced.
- (transitive, science fiction) To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.
- The captain spaced the traitors.
- (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
Derived terms
- spaced
- spaced-out
- unspace
Translations
Related terms
- espace
- spacious
- spatial
References
- space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -scape, EAPCs, EPACs, a-spec, aspec, capes, paces, scape
Old French
Noun
space m (oblique plural spaces, nominative singular spaces, nominative plural space)
- Alternative form of espace
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reach
English
Etymology
From Middle English rechen, from Old English r??an (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijan?, from the Proto-Indo-European *rey?- (“to bind, reach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?t??/
- Rhymes: -i?t?
- Homophone: reech
Verb
reach (third-person singular simple present reaches, present participle reaching, simple past and past participle reached or (obsolete) raught)
- (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
- (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- (intransitive) To strike or touch with a missile.
- (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- 1889, The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine (volume 1, page 119)
- A few words, lovingly, encouragingly spoken failed to reach her heart.
- 1889, The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine (volume 1, page 119)
- (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- 1705-1715, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- the best Accounts of the Appearances of Nature (in any single Instance how minute or simple soever) human Penetration can reach, comes infinitely short of its Reality
- 1705-1715, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- (transitive, figuratively) To make contact with.
- Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get in touch
- (transitive, figuratively) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- What will it take for me to reach him?
- (intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
- (transitive) To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
- (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
- Do what, sir? I reach you not.
- (obsolete) To overreach; to deceive.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- 2015, Janet S. Steinwedel, The Golden Key to Executive Coaching
- Repetitious comments are other examples of introjects that we take on as if they were truths. These include: You're lazy; you're selfish; you'll never amount to anything; you have big dreams; don't you think you're reaching a bit; try something more attainable; you were never good in math; you're not quick on your feet; you're oblivious to the world around you.
- 2015, Janet S. Steinwedel, The Golden Key to Executive Coaching
- (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 4:
- The Thembu tribe reaches back for twenty generations to King Zwide.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 4:
- (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
Usage notes
- In the past, raught, rought and retcht could be found as past tense forms; these are now obsolete, except perhaps in some dialects.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
reach (plural reaches)
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- The fruit is beyond my reach.
- to be within reach of cannon shot
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
- […] and we have learned not to fire at any of the dinosaurs unless we can keep out of their reach for at least two minutes after hitting them in the brain or spine, or five minutes after puncturing their hearts—it takes them so long to die.
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- And on the left hand, hell, / With long reach, interposed.
- 1999, Evan J. Mandery, The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messenger, Al Sharpton, and the Race to be Mayor of New York City
- While points measure the number of times the average person in a group sees an ad, reach measures the percentage of people in a group that see an ad at least once. Increasing the reach of an ad becomes increasingly expensive as you go along (for the mathematically inclined, it is an exponential function).
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
- To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.
- (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- (nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
- (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- December 2011, Dan Houston, Sailing a classic yacht on the Thames, Classic Boat Magazine
- Close-hauled past flats at Island Gardens opposite the old Royal Naval College at Greenwich we’d been making more than seven knots over the ground and we came close enough to touch the wall. It had felt like roller-blading – long lee-bowed boards down the reaches of this historic river. They have such great names: Bugsby’s Reach, Gallions [Reach], Fiddler’s [Reach] or the evocative Lower Hope [Reach].
- The river's wooded reach.
- the gulfe Iasius, and all the coast thereof is very full of creekes and reaches.
- December 2011, Dan Houston, Sailing a classic yacht on the Thames, Classic Boat Magazine
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
- 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
- (obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own, under hand, to cross the design.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- An effort to vomit; a retching.
Derived terms
reaches
Translations
Anagrams
- Arche, acher, arche, chare, chear, rache
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German r?ch, from Old High German r?h, from Proto-West Germanic *raih?, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raih? (“deer”). Cognate with German Reh, English roe.
Noun
reach n
- roe deer
References
- “reach” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
reach n (plural reagen, diminutive reachje)
- spiderweb
Further reading
- “reach”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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