mag

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

«mag» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(informal) A magazine: a thin book with pictures and articles that comes out regularly. tree →
(informal, Australia/NZ/UK) Chat or gossip, or to chatter: «have a mag» (old-fashioned). tree →
(informal) A magazine for a gun – the part that holds the bullets. tree →
(informal) Short for «mag wheel» (a shiny metal car wheel), or for magnitude/magnesium in science shorthand. tree →

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 →
Mum reads a cooking mag on the train. tree →
My brother loves gaming mags. tree →
The school mag has a page of jokes. tree →
Gran and her friend had a good mag over a cup of tea. tree →
The detective found an empty mag on the floor. tree →
Dad's car has new mag wheels. tree →

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».

In Jewish tradition

Here it is part of the Babylonian title Rab-mag, a chief official. It is not the magazine.

Interpretation. The title probably means a chief of the priests or magicians. Tradition mentions it among Nebuchadnezzar's officers when Jerusalem fell.

Examples

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon; (Prophets JER.39.13, JPS 1917) tree →
that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. (Prophets JER.39.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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».

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «mag» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«mag» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «mag» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«mag» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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