Definitions for magazine
ˌmæg əˈzin, ˈmæg əˌzinmag·a·zine

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. magazine, magnoun

   a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

   "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"

2. magazinenoun

   product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object

   "tripped over a pile of magazines"

3. magazine, magazine publishernoun

   a business firm that publishes magazines

   "he works for a magazine"

4. magazine, cartridgenoun

   a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

5. magazine, powder store, powder magazinenoun

   a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored

6. cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazinenoun

   a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. magazinenoun

   A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.

2. magazinenoun

   An ammunition storehouse.

3. magazinenoun

   Detachable ammunition holder enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed to a gun.

4. Etymology: From magasin ("warehouse", "store"), from magazzino ("storehouse"), from (, "storerooms", "storehouses"), plural of (máχzan, "storeroom", "storehouse"), from (χázana, "to store", "to stock", "to lay up").

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magazinenoun

   Etymology: magazine, French, from the Arabick machsan, a treasure.

   1. A storehouse, commonly an arsenal or armoury, or repository of provisions.

   If it should appear fit to bestow shipping in those harbours, it shall be very needful that there be a magazine of all necessary provisions and munitions. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   Plain heroick magnitude of mind;
   Their armories and magazines contemns. John Milton, Agonist.

   Some o’er the publick magazines preside,
   And some are sent new forage to provide. John Dryden, Virg.

   Useful arms in magazines we place,
   All rang’d in order, and disposed with grace. Alexander Pope.

   His head was so well stored a magazine, that nothing could be proposed which he was not master of. John Locke.

   2. Of late this word has signified a miscellaneous pamphlet, from a periodical miscellany named the Gentleman’s Magazine, by Edward Cave.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magazinenoun

   a receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc

2. Magazinenoun

   the building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship

3. Magazinenoun

   a chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece

4. Magazinenoun

   a pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions

5. Magazineverb

   to store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use

6. Etymology: [F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp. magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magazine

   Magazines, periodicals, glossies, or serials are publications that are printed with ink on paper, and generally published on a regular schedule and containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three. At its root the word magazine refers to a collection or storage location. In the case of written publication, it is a collection of written articles.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magazine

   mag-a-zēn′, n. a storehouse: a place for military stores: the gunpowder-room in a ship: a pamphlet or small book published from time to time, containing compositions on various subjects.—ns. Magazine′-gun, or -rī′fle, a gun or rifle from which many shots can be fired one after another without reloading. [Fr. magasin—It. magazzino—Ar. makhzan, a storehouse.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. magazine

   A place built for the safe-keeping of ammunition; afloat it is confined to a close room, in the fore or after part, or both, of a ship's hold, as low down as possible; it is lighted occasionally by means of candles fixed in the light-room adjoining it, and no person is allowed to enter it with a lamp or candle. (See LIGHT-ROOM.)

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. magazine

   A word derived from the Arabic, makhzan, “store-house,” means any place where stores are kept; but as a military expression, it always means a store-house for powder, although arms may at times be kept in it. In military structures the magazines must be bomb-proof, and therefore necessitate very thick walls; they must be quite free from damp, and should admit sufficient daylight to render the use of lanterns within generally unnecessary. The entrance is protected by shot-proof traverses, lest an opening should be forced by ricochet shots.

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magazine

   From the Arabic Makhzan, a depository for stores. In a literary sense this originally expressed a periodical whose contents were made up of elegant extracts from the best authors.

Matched Categories

1. • Press
   • Product
   • Publication
   • Publisher
   • Storehouse
   • Supply Chamber

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'magazine' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2216

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'magazine' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2614

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'magazine' in Nouns Frequency: #733

How to pronounce magazine?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of magazine in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of magazine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of magazine in a Sentence

1. Kate Andersen:

   The only modern example that comes to mind is Jackie Kennedy who was pregnant during the campaign. Because she had had difficult pregnancies in the past she did not campaign much in 1960. Though she did magazine photo shoots and interviews when she could.

2. Josh Groban:

   If I could go back and tell that young kid, 'You're gonna be People Magazine's 'Sexiest,' he would've had a lot easier of a time.

3. Britney Spears, on her web site, October 2004:

   My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment.

4. Elton John:

   I can’t really tell that, rolling Stone is a family magazine.

5. District Attorney Devon Anderson:

   The gun holds 14 in the magazine and one in the chamber, he unloaded the entire pistol into Deputy Goforth.

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