MAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mag mean? 

• MAG (noun)
  The noun MAG has 1 sense:

1. a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

  Familiarity information: MAG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mag; magazine

Context example:

it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money

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)