magazine

noun

mag·​a·​zine ˈma-gə-ˌzēn How to pronounce magazine (audio)
ˌma-gə-ˈzēn
1
a
: a print periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (such as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated
a fashion magazine
a gardening magazine
also : such a periodical published online
b
: a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday
c
: a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics
2
: a place where goods or supplies are stored : warehouse
3
: a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship
4
: the contents of a magazine: such as
a
: an accumulation of munitions (see munition sense 2) of war
b
: a stock of provisions (see provision entry 1 sense 2) or goods
5
: a supply chamber: such as
a
: a holder in or on a gun for cartridges (see cartridge sense 1) to be fed into the gun chamber
b
: a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector

Examples of magazine in a Sentence

She subscribes to several gardening magazines. the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies
Recent Examples on the Web The Atlantic magazine uses an AI narration plug-in, as does inewsource, a San Diego investigative news outlet. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024 And media companies are seeing their business models change as well, as years of decline have continued following the internet’s free content replacing print magazines and newspapers. Thania Garcia, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 Earlier this week, the magazine began teasing its SI Swimsuit 60th Anniversary Legends shoot, which features a cast of epic proportions shot by YuTsai in Florida. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024 With his Instagram posts of old Thrasher magazine covers, flyers of seminal post-hardcore group Jawbox, and pictures with Neko Case, Matt Jencik is not your stereotypical Taylor Swift target. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024 More than 20,000 readers voted on their favorite barbecue joints and other Southern destinations from July 12 to Aug. 23, 2023, the magazine told McClatchy News in an email. Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024 He’s been every magazine’s favorite go-to hair stylist for the past decade or more, and with that editorial prowess and visibility Bustos launched the #BeAwesomeToSomebody initiative just shy of ten years ago. Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024 This story first appeared in a February stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024 Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (through conference calls, social media groups, and more). The Editors, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'magazine.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of magazine was in the 15th century

Dictionary Entries Near magazine

Cite this Entry

“Magazine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

magazine

noun
mag·​a·​zine ˈmag-ə-ˌzēn How to pronounce magazine (audio)
ˌmag-ə-ˈzēn
1
: a storehouse or warehouse especially for military supplies
2
: a place for keeping explosives in a fort or ship
3
: a publication containing different pieces (as stories, articles, or poems) and issued at regular intervals (as weekly or monthly)
4
: a supply chamber: as
a
: a container in a gun for holding cartridges
b
: a container for film on a camera or motion-picture projector
Etymology

from early French magazine "storehouse, warehouse," derived from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan "storehouse, granary, cellar"

Word Origin
Magazine originally meant "storehouse" or "granary" or "cellar." It came into an early French dialect and then English from the Arabic word makhzan (plural makhāzin). Makhzan had all these meanings. In military and naval use magazine came to mean a storage place for gunpowder or weapons or a place on a warship where the powder was kept. Later it came to mean either a place where valuable things were stored or the stored things themselves. A new sense of magazine appeared in 1731 with the first issue of a monthly publication called The Gentleman's Magazine, a collection or storehouse of short stories and articles about things of interest to the general reader. This use of magazine caught on and was used for similar publications.

More from Merriam-Webster on magazine

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!