space out
space
speÉĒs
speis
out
aƊt
awt
/spˈeÉĒs ˈaƊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "space out"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to space out
[phrase form: space]
01

āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽāύ⧇āĻžāϝ⧇āĻžāĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to mentally disconnect and lose awareness of one's surroundings
to space out definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The monotonous lecture caused some students to space out, their minds wandering elsewhere.
āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange things or events with enough space between them
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city planner aimed to space the buildings out, creating a balanced urban environment.
āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ­āĻŦāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻšā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ