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MAGAZINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
Synonyms:
cartridge clip; cartridge holder; clip; magazine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
Synonyms:
magazine; powder magazine; powder store
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):
depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse (a depository for goods)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
Example:
tripped over a pile of magazines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):
product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
Synonyms:
cartridge; magazine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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 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 ("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"):
magazine article (an article published in a magazine)
feature; feature article (a special or prominent article in a newspaper or 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 6
Meaning:
A business firm that publishes magazines
Example:
he works for a magazine
Synonyms:
magazine; magazine publisher
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("magazine" is a kind of...):
publisher; publishing company; publishing firm; publishing house (a firm in the publishing business)
Context examples:
The collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such media as pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, radio, motion pictures, television, and books.
(Journalism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Millions of consumers get health information from magazines, TV or the Internet.
(Evaluating Health Information, NIH: National Library of Medicine)
Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
In the library I found, to my great delight, a vast number of English books, whole shelves full of them, and bound volumes of magazines and newspapers.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I wrote a little something, in secret, and sent it to a magazine, and it was published in the magazine.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A person who edits material for publication; a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility for the editorial part of a publishing firm or of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; the supervisor or conductor of a department of a newspaper, magazine, etc.
(Editor, NCI Thesaurus)
Such were the views of these experienced officers, fortified by many reminiscences and examples of French gallantry, such as the way in which the crew of the L’Orient had fought her quarter-deck guns when the main-deck was in a blaze beneath them, and when they must have known that they were standing over an exploding magazine.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Jo never knew how it happened, but something got into that story that went straight to the hearts of those who read it, for when her family had laughed and cried over it, her father sent it, much against her will, to one of the popular magazines, and to her utter surprise, it was not only paid for, but others requested.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I've read some, too, but it has been part of my thinking, and I have read principally magazines.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The stout gentleman is stuffing the magazine into his overcoat pocket and looking on curiously.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
