Loading page
say it: MAG-uh-zeen
magazine is a noun meaning "a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it". It is pronounced /ˈmæɡəˌzin/ — MAG-uh-zeen. It carries 6 recorded senses.
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”
product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
“tripped over a pile of magazines”
a business firm that publishes magazines
“he works for a magazine”
a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for magazine come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.