Phrase guide

empty space

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An unoccupied space where something may be stored

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You can park your car in that empty space.
  • You can put the key in that empty space.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An unoccupied area or volume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The empty space at the sides of the page is called the "margin".
  • He spends all his time staring into empty space.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Vacuum; a space containing nothing at all

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Atoms are mostly empty space.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A feeling of longing for someone or something that is gone; a sense of a thing's absence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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5

noun

Meaning 5

barren, desolate Land, empty of life and people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: празно място (prazno mjasto) — unoccupied space
  • Finnish: tyhjä paikka — unoccupied space
  • Bulgarian: празно пространство (prazno prostranstvo) — unoccupied area
  • Finnish: tyhjä tila — unoccupied area