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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•a•zine /ˌmægəˈzin, ˈmægəˌzin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a publication published at regular periods, containing essays, etc., and often illustrations:a news magazine.
- a room for keeping gunpowder and other explosives.
- Militarya building where the military keeps arms or provisions.
- Militarya receptacle on a gun for holding cartridges.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•a•zine (mag′ə zēn′, mag′ə zēn′),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship.
- a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions.
- 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.
- Show BusinessAlso called magazine′ show′. [Radio and Television.]
- 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.
- a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc.
- JournalismSee magazine section.
- Photographycartridge (def. 4).
- a supply chamber, as in a stove.
- a storehouse;
warehouse. - a collection of war munitions.
- Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse; in English figuratively, as "storehouse of information,'' used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731)
- Italian magazzino storehouse
- French magasin
- 1575–85
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