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ruimte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • compartment noun A separate section or space within a larger structure, especially a vehicle.
  • concourse noun A large open area inside or in front of a building, especially one linking routes such as platforms in a station or terminal.
  • room noun A separate enclosed space within a building, with its own walls, floor, and ceiling.
  • space noun The vast expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere where stars, planets, and other celestial bodies exist.

Senses

ruimte is used for these senses in English:

  • compartment A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
  • concourse A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
  • outer space A region outside of explored space.
  • room (archaic) A particular portion of space. [from 11th c.]
  • room (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. [from 15th c.]
  • space A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16thc.]

compartment — full definition

  1. noun A separate section or space within a larger structure, especially a vehicle.
  2. verb To divide something into separate sections.

concourse — full definition

  1. noun A large open area inside or in front of a building, especially one linking routes such as platforms in a station or terminal.
  2. noun A large crowd of people gathered together.

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