magazine

noun mag·a·zine \ ˈma-gə-ˌzēn , ˌma-gə-ˈ \

|Updated on: 15 Jul 2018

Examples: magazine in a Sentence

Definition of magazine

1 a : a print periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (such as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated

a fashion magazine

a gardening magazine

; also : such a periodical published online

b : a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday

c : a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics

2 : a place where goods or supplies are stored : warehouse

3 : a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship

4 : the contents of a magazine: such as

a : an accumulation of munitions (see munition 2) of war

b : a stock of provisions (see ¹provision 2) or goods

5 : a supply chamber: such as

a : a holder in or on a gun for cartridges (see cartridge 1) to be fed into the gun chamber

b : a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector

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See magazine defined for kids

Examples of magazine in a Sentence

She subscribes to several gardening magazines.
the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies

Recent Examples of magazine from the Web

Seymour Mednick, 91, of Center City, a commercial photographer whose pictures appeared in national magazines, but whose passion was documenting the Mummers for exhibits and film, died Thursday, July 5, of heart failure at his home.

— bonnie l. cook, Philly.com, "Seymour Mednick, 91, commercial photographer who documented the Mummers," 12 July 2018
The 25-year-old singer opened up about that physical anxiety in a new interview in Elle magazine’s August issue, in which Grande appears on the cover.

— johnny diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Ariana Grande had 'really wild dizzy spells' after bombing at her Manchester concert," 11 July 2018
Isabella will also be featured on a page in Down East magazine.

— meghan overdeep, Southern Living, "Atlanta Restaurant Takes Home Top Prize in Maine Magazine's Lobster Roll Contest," 11 July 2018
These photos were then sold and published in a French magazine called Closer.

— caroline hallemann, Town & Country, "A Brief History of Donald Trump’s Controversial Interactions with the British Royal Family," 9 July 2018
It was published in the short-lived Scanlan's Monthly magazine.

— justin sayers, The Courier-Journal, "Read this Hunter S. Thompson letter about Ryan Leaf, Peyton Manning," 6 July 2018
That's the result of a new study appearing in Science magazine this week.

— marc daalder, Detroit Free Press, "Dogs native to America were wiped out by Eurasian dogs," 5 July 2018
Some of the answers printed in the magazine clearly reflected bias.

— leonard l. glass, STAT, "The Goldwater rule is broken. Here’s how to fix it," 28 June 2018
Rodgers played his last full season in 1977, and then became an instructor and was listed annually in golf magazines as among the best in the country.

— NBC News, "Phil Rodgers, 5-time PGA Tour winner and noted teacher, dies," 27 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of magazine

Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse

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First Known Use: 1583

in the meaning defined at sense 2

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magazine Synonyms

Synonyms

bulletin, gazette, journal, mag, newspaper, organ, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zine;

digest, little magazine;

fanzine;

pictorial, slick;

newsletter, newsmagazine, newsweekly;

MAGAZINE Defined for English Language Learners

magazine

noun

Definition of magazine for English Language Learners

: a type of thin book with a paper cover that contains stories, essays, pictures, etc., and that is usually published every week or month
: a radio or television program that discusses different topics
: a part of a gun that holds bullets

MAGAZINE Defined for Kids

magazine

noun mag·a·zine \ ˈma-gə-ˌzēn \

Definition of magazine for Students

1 : a publication issued at regular intervals (as weekly or monthly)

2 : a storehouse or warehouse for military supplies

3 : a container in a gun for holding cartridges

History for magazine

The English word magazine came from a French word with the same spelling that in turn came from an Arabic word makhāzin. Both the French and the Arabic words meant “a place where things are stored.” At first the English word had the same meaning, and it is still used in this sense. However, a later sense is now more common—that of a collection of written pieces printed at set times, the suggestion being that such collections are “storehouses of knowledge.”