noun
magazine
ma-guh-ZEEN
noun
1
A periodical publication containing articles, photos, or features by various writers, usually on a particular topic or aimed at a particular audience.
"She subscribes to a gardening magazine that arrives every month."
"The interview appeared in a glossy fashion magazine."
2
The removable component of a firearm that holds and feeds ammunition rounds.
"He ejected the empty magazine and slotted in a fresh one."
3
A store or room used to hold ammunition or explosives.
"The old fort still has a stone magazine where gunpowder was once kept."
How to Use Magazine
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly a print or online publication with articles and photos; also the ammunition-holding part of a gun.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with "magazine" meaning a warehouse — that older sense survives mainly in "powder magazine" and similar phrases.
Common pairings
fashion magazine
magazine subscription
load a magazine
Word Forms
magazines plural
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Etymology
From Middle French magasin ("warehouse, store"), from Italian magazzino, ultimately from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan ("storeroom"). The publication sense developed in the 1730s from the idea of a "storehouse" of information.