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magazine

nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˌmæɡəˈziːn//
  • /[ˌmæɡəˈzɪi̯n]/
  • //ˌmeɪ̯ɡəˈziːn//

A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.

noun

  1. 1

    A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.

  2. 2

    A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme. A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.

    After several months' delay, The Emerald City, New York's hour-long gay television show, is on the air. In magazine format, the show offers interviews, gay news and commentary, visits to New York's entertainment spots and gay shows, and a bit of camping from George Sardi.

  3. 3

    An ammunition storehouse.

    He all thir Ammunition / And feats of War defeats / With plain Heroic magnitude of mind / And celeſtial vigour arm’d, / Thir Armories and Magazins contemns, / Renders them uſeleſs, while / With winged expedition / Swift as the lightning glance he executes / His errand on the wicked, who ſurpris’d / Loſe thir defence diſtracted and amaz’d.

  4. 4

    An ammunition storehouse. The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.

    The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.

  5. 5

    A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

  6. 6

    A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.

  7. 7

    archaicA country or district especially rich in natural products.

  8. 8

    archaicA city viewed as a marketing center.

  9. 9

    A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.

  10. 10

    historicalA collection of Teletext pages.

    Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices.

    The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […]

  11. 11

    An informal industrial area containing workshops for auto repairs, fitting, welding and spare parts sale.

    At Magazine, thousands of artisans including fitters, welders and spare parts dealers work under harsh conditions.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinoder. Middle French magasinder. Middle English magasyne English magazine From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.

Forms

plural
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).