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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.
EXPANDAlso called magazine show. Radio and Television.
a.
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.
b.
a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc.
Origin:
1575–85; < French magasin < Italian magazzino storehouse < Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse; in E figuratively, as “storehouse of information,” used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731)
1575–85; < French magasin < Italian magazzino storehouse < Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse; in E figuratively, as “storehouse of information,” used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731)
Related forms
mag·a·zin·ish, mag·a·zin·y, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| magazine (ˌmæɡəˈziːn) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C16: via French magasin from Italian magazzino, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse, from khazana to store away] | |
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Word Origin & History
magazine
1583, "place where goods are stored, esp. military ammunition," from M.Fr. magasin "warehouse, depot, store," from It. magazzino, from Arabic makhazin, pl. of makhzan "storehouse," from khazana "to store up." The original sense is almost obsolete; meaning "periodical journal" dates from the publication
EXPANDof the first one, "Gentleman's Magazine," in 1731, from earlier use of the word for a printed list of military stores and information, or in a fig. sense, from the publication being a "storehouse" of information.
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