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MAG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
Example:
it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
Synonyms:
mag; magazine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mag" 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 "mag"):
center spread; centre spread (the spread at the center of a magazine)
feature; feature article (a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine)
magazine article (an article published in a magazine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mag"):
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)
