blank space

collocation in English

meaningsofblankandspace

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blank
adjective
uk
/blæŋk/us
/blæŋk/
empty or clear, or containing no information ...
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space
noun
uk
/speɪs/us
/speɪs/
an empty area that is available to ...
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(Definition ofblankandspacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblank space

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This mapping procedure included the uncertainty of crossing over between two consecutive markers (blankspacebetween dark and grey lines).
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Instead, ablankspaceremained, which the participants were asked to fill with an article.
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The dialogues were designed in order to avoid any priming effects, so no definites or indefinites appear before theblankspace.
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The occasional commentary, though not customary in most atlases, is very welcome, though more could have been presented, given theblankspaceon many pages.
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Ablankspaceindicates that no attempt was made at solving the problem.
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While the painting is crowded with figures it also conveys a sense of much open,blankspace(66-67).
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Ablankspacenext to a variable indicates it was not included in the analysis.
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The fluid record did not have enoughblankspaceto write out prescriptions fully.
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Repetition of this sort of data is no sin, and there is plenty ofblankspaceon the pages devoted to editorial apparatus that could have been put to use.
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But it does cover a certain amount ofblankspace, and it does produce an effect of a kind.
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Gentlemen, you will see that there is ablankspacein that newspaper.
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But there is ablankspacewhere it should have been.
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People brought up in the 1930s filled ablankspacewith suet puddings, dumplings, cocoa and the like.
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At the moment it appears that ablankspaceby a name may be seen in some cases as a disadvantage.
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If they see ablankspace, sooner or later they want to fill it up.
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Up to the present time it has been the rule to leave ablankspacefor the father's name.
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There is no danger of mistakingblankspacefor a lorry.
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There was ablankspacefor it and it was said that the drawing for the tower was to follow.
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It gave a right to have ablankspacethat could be filled in.
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