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spacing

'speisiŋ6 senses · 199 ms
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verb/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of spaceform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
  1. 1

    The action of the verb space.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.countableuncountable

    • The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
  3. 3

    The space between two objects or people.countableuncountable

    • Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.
  4. 4

    The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.countableuncountable

    • He was a laconic old soul who loved spacing only a jot better than he loved Martian alky.
adj/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
  1. 1

    That inserts space between two objects.not-comparable

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