space in WordNet English dictionary

1. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
   "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
   space  blank 
   
2. a blank area
   "write your name in the space provided"
   space  blank space  place 
   
3. the interval between two times
   "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
   distance  space 
   
4. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
   "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"
   space  infinite 
   
5. any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
   "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth"
   outer space  space 
   
6. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
   quad  space 
   
7. one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
   "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
   space 
   
8. an area reserved for some particular purpose
   "the laboratory's floor space"
   space 
   
9. 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"
   space 
   

1. place at intervals
   "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
   space