spaced

An adjective used in American English to describe a person who is distracted, dazed, or not fully aware of their surroundings, often due to fatigue or substances.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif utilisé en anglais américain pour décrire une personne distraite, étourdie ou qui n'a pas pleinement conscience de ce qui l'entoure, souvent à cause de la fatigue ou de l'effet de substances.

1. Distributed with gaps B1 formal

   Arranged or positioned with intervals or gaps between items.

   • The chairs were evenly spaced in the auditorium.
   • The trees are spaced five meters apart.
   • The text is double-spaced for easier reading.

   🇫🇷espacé

   Synonymes: dispersedscatteredseparatedspread out

   Antonymes: continuouscrowdeddensepackeduninterrupted

2. Distracted or dazed B2 informal american

   In a state of being mentally unfocused, dreamy, or not fully aware of one's surroundings.

   • He looked totally spaced after staying up all night.
   • She was spaced out during the lecture and missed the important points.
   • I feel a bit spaced from the medication.

   🇫🇷Dans la lune

   Synonymes: absentmindedbewildereddazeddistracteddreamyspaceyunfocusedvacant

   Antonymes: alertattentiveawarefocusedsharp

• more spaced comparative form
• most spaced superlative form

A verb meaning to arrange or position with spaces between items, or to divide into intervals.

• 🇫🇷Espacer, c'est disposer des objets ou des événements avec des intervalles réguliers ou définis entre eux, ou séparer par des écarts, notamment dans l'espace ou le temps.

1. Arrange with intervals B1 formal

   To position or arrange things with spaces between them.

   • Space the plants about 30 cm apart in the garden.
   • The teacher asked us to space our words evenly when writing.
   • They spaced the chairs evenly around the table.

   🇫🇷Espacer

   Synonymes: distributeintersperseseparatespread

   Antonymes: compresscondensecrowdpack

2. Informal: Leave space B2 informal

   To make room or leave space for something or someone.

   • Space out the paragraphs in your essay.
   • Can you space me in for the meeting?
   • He spaced his appointments to avoid rushing.

   🇫🇷Laisser de l'espace

   Synonymes: clearmove overvacate

• spaced past participle
• spaced past simple
• spacing present participle
• spaces third person singular