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# mag

«mag» in Mova's school dictionary: **A magazine: a thin book with pictures and articles that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mag, mags) – short for magazine; also short for magnitude, magnesium, magnet (rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A magazine: a thin book with pictures and articles that comes out regularly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m1)

2) (informal, Australia/NZ/UK) Chat or gossip, or to chatter: «have a mag» (old-fashioned). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m2)

3) (informal) A magazine for a gun – the part that holds the bullets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m3)

4) (informal) Short for «mag wheel» (a shiny metal car wheel), or for magnitude/magnesium in science shorthand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly a clipped word in everyday talk: «a comic mag», «a gaming mag», «a football mag». In older Australian and British speech, «to mag» is to chat a lot. In science notes, «Mg» is the symbol for magnesium; «mag» may be written as a shorthand. It tells the reader the speaker is casual.

### examples

- I bought a football mag with my pocket money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x1)
- Mum reads a cooking mag on the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x2)
- My brother loves gaming mags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x3)
- The school mag has a page of jokes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x4)
- Gran and her friend had a good mag over a cup of tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x5)
- The detective found an empty mag on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x6)
- Dad's car has new mag wheels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x7)

### note

Clipped informal word; in writing use «magazine». Plural «mags». A «magazine» (the whole word) can also mean a store for weapons or ammunition. Not the same as «mug» or «nag».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mag» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.