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Meaning of magazine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
mæɡ.əˈziːn

Definitions

  1. A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
  2. A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
  3. Of or relating to periodicals: a magazine story.
  4. revue
  5. An ammunition storehouse.
  6. A place where something is deposited for safekeeping:archive, depository, repository, store, storehouse, warehouse.
  7. feminine singular of revisto
  8. The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
  9. A periodical containing a collection of articles, stories, pictures, or other features.
  10. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  11. A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
  12. A television program that presents a variety of topics, usually on current events, in a format that often includes interviews and commentary.
  13. third-person singular imperative
  14. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
  15. A place where goods are stored, especially a building in a fort or a storeroom on a warship where ammunition is kept.
  16. A country or district especially rich in natural products.
    archaic
  17. A compartment in some types of firearms, often a small detachable box, in which cartridges are held to be fed into the firing chamber.
  18. A city viewed as a marketing center.
    archaic
  19. (Journalism & Publishing) a periodical paperback publication containing articles, fiction, photographs, etc
  20. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
    Louisiana
  21. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a metal box or drum holding several cartridges used in some kinds of automatic firearms; it is removed and replaced when empty
  22. A collection of Teletext pages.
    Ireland, UK, historical
  23. (Military) a building or compartment for storing weapons, explosives, military provisions, etc
  24. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a stock of ammunition

Equivalents

Беларуская магазі́н
Български магазин
Bosanski магацин
Català carregador
Čeština zásobník
Deutsch Magazin
Ελληνικά γεμιστήρας
Español cargador revista
Français magasin magazine
עברית מחסנית
Hrvatski магацин
Italiano caricatore
日本語 弾倉
Қазақша оқжатар
한국어 탄창
Kurdî magazîn tar
Македонски магаци́н
Nederlands magazijn
Polski magazynek
Português cartucho magazine
Русский магазин
Српски магацин
Türkçe şarjör
Українська магазин

Examples

“After several months' delay, The Emerald City, New York's hour-long gay television show, is on the air. In magazine format, the show offers interviews, gay news and commentary, visits to New York's entertainment spots and gay shows, and a bit of camping from George Sardi.”
“He all thir Ammunition / And feats of War defeats / With plain Heroic magnitude of mind / And celeſtial vigour arm’d, / Thir Armories and Magazins contemns, / Renders them uſeleſs, while / With winged expedition / Swift as the lightning glance he executes / His errand on the wicked, who ſurpris’d / Loſe thir defence diſtracted and amaz’d.”
“The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.”
“Juneau was making good time with the other surviving U.S. Navy ships, despite her damage, when the I-26 spotted her and sent a salvo of Type 95 torpedoes in her direction. Passing between the Helena and San Francisco, some indication being they had actually been shot at the San Francisco and gone long because San Francisco was travelling significantly slower than expected, they nonetheless hit Juneau and detonated the ship's magazine.”
“Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices.”
“The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […]”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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