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magazine

[ mag-uh-zeen, mag-uh-zeen ]

noun

  1. a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
  2. a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship.
  3. a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions.
  4. a metal receptacle for a number of cartridges, inserted into certain types of automatic weapons and when empty removed and replaced by a full receptacle in order to continue firing.
  5. Also called magazine show. Radio and Television.
    1. Also called newsmagazine. a regularly scheduled news program consisting of several short segments in which various subjects of current interest are examined, usually in greater detail than on a regular newscast.
    2. a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc.
  6. Photography. cartridge ( def 4 ).
  7. a supply chamber, as in a stove.
  8. a storehouse; warehouse.
  9. a collection of war munitions.


magazine

/ ˌmæɡəˈziːn /

noun

  1. a periodical paperback publication containing articles, fiction, photographs, etc
  2. a metal box or drum holding several cartridges used in some kinds of automatic firearms; it is removed and replaced when empty
  3. a building or compartment for storing weapons, explosives, military provisions, etc
  4. a stock of ammunition
  5. a device for continuously recharging a handling system, stove, or boiler with solid fuel
  6. photog another name for cartridge
  7. a rack for automatically feeding a number of slides through a projector
  8. a TV or radio programme made up of a series of short nonfiction items
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of magazine1

First recorded in 1575–85; from French magasin, from Italian magazzino “warehouse, depot” from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan “storehouse”; in English figuratively, as “storehouse of information,” used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of magazine1

C16: via French magasin from Italian magazzino, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse, from khazana to store away
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Example Sentences

The magazine got scooped on their most famous feature by Politico, however, where Donald Trump biographer and political correspondent Meredith McGraw shared that the president-elect would win the honor for a second time.

From Salon

Nist, in a separate interview with the magazine, appeared to disagree.

Fashion and culture magazine Dazed said it "captured the public's imagination with its broken marionette looks and Pat McGrath's glassy, porcelain make-up".

From BBC

Dylan speaks: “I got nothin’ to say about these things I write, I just write ’em,” he tells a Time magazine reporter.

"I expect the Syrians, who are celebrating here the takeover of power of Islamists, to return back to their home country as soon as possible," she said in an interview with German magazine Stern.

From BBC

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