- pronunciation:
- mae
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A magazine is a large, thin book with a soft, paper cover. A magazine is filled with articles to read, pictures, and sometimes cartoons and games. Magazines usually tell about real people and real things. Some magazines have stories, though. People can buy magazines in a store, or they can order them and get them by mail. Some magazines also show their content online. New magazines usually come out every week or every month.
Leo read a nature magazine while he waited for the doctor to see him.
- similar words:
- journal, monthly, pulp
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Magazine comes from an Arabic word that means "storehouse."