Meanings
- uncountableAny region of space beyond limits determined with reference to boundaries of a celestial system or body, especially the region of space immediately beyond Earth's atmosphere; sometimes, space beyond Earth's solar system.
The telescope captured incredible images from outer space.
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Astronauts train for years before traveling to outer space.
Science fiction often imagines alien civilizations in the depths of outer space.
Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”
2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025Synonyms: final frontier, high frontier, last frontier
- uncountableA bluish shade of black.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny region of space beyond limits determined with reference to boundaries of a celestial system or body, especially the region of space immediately beyond Earth's atmosphere; sometimes, space beyond Earth's solar system.
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Translations
Arabic فَضَاء خَارِجِيّ
- فَضَاء خَارِجِيّ (faḍāʔ ḵārijiyy)region
Bulgarian косми́ческо простра́нство, ко́смос
- косми́ческо простра́нство (kosmíčesko prostránstvo)region
- ко́смос (kósmos)region
Catalan espai exterior
- espai exteriorregion
Chinese Mandarin 太空, 宇宙空間 /宇宙空间
- 太空 (tàikōng)region
- 宇宙空間 /宇宙空间 (yǔzhòu kōngjiān)region
- 外層空間 /外层空间 (wàicéng kōngjiān)region
Czech kosmický prostor
- kosmický prostorregion
Danish ydre rum
- ydre rumregion
Dutch ruimte
- ruimteregion
Estonian maailmaruum
- maailmaruumregion
Finnish ulkoavaruus
- ulkoavaruusregion
French espace extra-atmosphérique, espace extérieur
- espace extra-atmosphériqueregion
- espace extérieurregion
German Weltraum, All
- Weltraumregion
- Allregion
- Weltallregion
Greek διάστημα
- διάστημα (diástima)region
Hebrew חָלָל חִיצוֹן
- חָלָל חִיצוֹן (khalál khitsón)region
Hindi अंतरिक्ष
- अंतरिक्ष (antrikṣ)region
Hungarian világűr
- világűrregion
Icelandic útgeimur
- útgeimurregion
Italian spazio cosmico, cosmo
- spazio cosmicoregion
- cosmoregion
- spazio esternoregion
Japanese 宇宙, 宇宙空間
- 宇宙 (uchū)region
- 宇宙空間 (uchūkūkan)region
Korean 우주, 우주 공간
- 우주 (uju)region
- 우주 공간 (uju gonggan)region
Latvian kosmiskā telpa
- kosmiskā telparegion
Lithuanian kosminė erdvė
- kosminė erdvėregion
Malay angkasa lepas
- angkasa lepasregion
Māori tuarangi
- tuarangiregion
Norwegian Bokmål verdensrom, ytre rom
- verdensromregion
- ytre romregion
Polish kosmos, przestrzeń kosmiczna
- kosmosregion
- przestrzeń kosmicznaregion
Portuguese espaço sideral
- espaço sideralregion
Romanian spațiu cosmic, spațiu interplanetar
- spațiu cosmicregion
- spațiu interplanetarregion
- cosmosregion
Russian ко́смос, откры́тый ко́смос
- ко́смос (kósmos)region
- откры́тый ко́смос (otkrýtyj kósmos)region
- косми́ческое простра́нство (kosmíčeskoje prostránstvo)region
Slovak kozmický priestor
- kozmický priestorregion
Spanish espacio exterior, espacio cósmico
- espacio exteriorregion
- espacio cósmicoregion
Swahili anga za juu
- anga za juuregion
Swedish yttre rymden
- yttre rymdenregion
Tamil விண்வெளி
- விண்வெளி (viṇveḷi)region
Thai อวกาศ
- อวกาศ (à-wá-gàat)region
Turkish dış uzay
- dış uzayregion
Ukrainian космі́чний про́стір, ко́смос
- космі́чний про́стір (kosmíčnyj próstir)region
- ко́смос (kósmos)region
Urdu فَضائے بَسِیط
- فَضائے بَسِیط (fazāe basīt)region
Vietnamese vũ trụ
- vũ trụregion
Cite this entry
outer space. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outer%20space
“outer space.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outer%20space. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outer space,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outer%20space.
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