MAGAZINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magazine mean? 

• MAGAZINE (noun)
  The noun MAGAZINE has 6 senses:

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

2. product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object

3. a business firm that publishes magazines

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: MAGAZINE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGAZINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mag; magazine

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):

press; public press (the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines)

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)

Meronyms (parts of "magazine"):

feature; feature article (a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine)

magazine article (an article published in a magazine)

center spread; centre spread (the spread at the center of a magazine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magazine"):

colour supplement ((British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends))

comic book (a magazine devoted to comic strips)

news magazine (a magazine devoted to reports of current events; usually published weekly)

pulp; pulp magazine (an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper)

glossy; slick; slick magazine (a magazine printed on good quality paper)

trade magazine (a magazine published for and read by members of a particular trade group)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

tripped over a pile of magazines

Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):

product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A business firm that publishes magazines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

magazine; magazine publisher

Context example:

he works for a magazine

Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):

publisher; publishing company; publishing firm; publishing house (a firm in the publishing business)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cartridge; magazine

Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):

supply chamber (a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed)

Holonyms ("magazine" is a part of...):

camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

magazine; powder magazine; powder store

Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):

depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse (a depository for goods)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cartridge clip; cartridge holder; clip; magazine

Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):

supply chamber (a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magazine"):

pincurl clip (a variety of clip for holding pin curls)

Holonyms ("magazine" is a part of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

 Context examples 

Twoscore of manuscripts were travelling the endless round of the magazines.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, will receive support from Neptune all month, but especially on February 20, suggesting you could be interviewed for a magazine, Internet story, or on television.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“It did happen to see the light in a newspaper,” I replied, “but not because the magazine editors had been denied a glimpse at it.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC - Paying attention to and understanding a TV program, book, or magazine.

(FAQ-NACC Version - Pay Attention, Understand, Discuss, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe that television or magazine figures are actually present in the home?

(NPI - Television or Magazine Figures Are Actually Present In the Home, NCI Thesaurus)

We had both seized our magazine rifles and ran out to see what the danger could be.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version (FAQ-NACC Version) Paying attention to, understanding, discussing TV, book, magazine.

(FAQ-NACC Version - Pay Attention, Understand, Discuss, NCI Thesaurus)

Silver was in the stern-sheets in command; and every man of them was now provided with a musket from some secret magazine of their own.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains.

(Page, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Paying attention to, understanding, discussing TV, book, magazine.

(FAQ - Pay Attention, Understand, Discuss, NCI Thesaurus)