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. magazine section.
7. Photography. cartridge ( def 4 ).
8. a supply chamber, as in a stove.
9. a storehouse; warehouse.
10. 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

Other Words From

• maga·zinish maga·ziny adjective

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)

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

Example Sentences

Asides from his memoir, he has written for media outlets like The New York Times, leading African-American magazine Ebony and Ghana's state-owned Daily Graphic.

From BBC

“When Martha gets mad about an old magazine article and she says that she’s glad the journalist who wrote it is dead, that is brat,” the pop star said.

From Salon

He was written about in Forbes and Fortune magazines and the New York Times.

From Salon

The now 50-year-old model explained on the podcast "Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud" that she felt a sense of insecurity during a photo shoot for The Face magazine at age 15.

From Salon

The officer, who was 48 at the time, was asked if he could explain the missing bullet, but he said he could not and denied dropping the magazine.

From BBC

Related Words

• booklet
• brochure
• daily
• journal
• manual
• newsletter
• newspaper
• pamphlet
• paper
• periodical
• weekly