coverage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkav.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ (Australia)
- /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɐv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ (Australia)
- audio non native
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English coverage From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An amount by which something or someone is covered.
There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.
Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of coverage with topsoil.
Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough coverage for the help-desk phones.
The enemy fire is increasing – can we get some immediate coverage from those bunkers?
Professionally published dictionaries do not seem to have extended coverage beyond the most frequent and salient items.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2:
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(countable, uncountable) The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
Through services using the Elizabeth line were increased from November 6, but this did not attract significant media coverage - mainly because it has been an operational success, […].
2022 November 30, Industry Insider, “Autumn Statement boost”, in RAIL, number 971, page 84:Holed up in the White House over the weekend, with temperatures dropping and a major snowstorm on its way, Mr. Trump expressed concern about the killing to aides and allies. But his frustrations were more about the coverage of the events rather than the incident itself, according to people familiar with the dynamic.
2026 January 28, “Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
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(countable, uncountable) The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
The primary coverage area of a station is that area throughout which the station can be received without objectionable interference from static, electrical interfering noises, or interference from other radio broadcasting stations, practically all of the time the station is in operation.
1932, T. V. O'Connor, “Standardized Communication Aids to Marine Navigation” in Standards Yearbook (U.S. Government Printing Office), 61
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(countable, uncountable) The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.
- (countable, uncountable) Defense.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coverages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overcoverage · code coverage · outkick one's coverage · double coverage · noncoverage · comprehensive coverage · miscoverage · undercoverage · coverage analysis
Translations (55)
ko 덮는 범위 (amount by which something or someone is covered) · fi kuuluvuusalue (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · fi peittoalue (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · it copertura ((genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide) · nb dekke (amount by which something or someone is covered) · fi laajuus (amount by which something or someone is covered) · fr couverture (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ka დაფარვა (amount by which something or someone is covered) · bg обхват (amount by which something or someone is covered) · tr kapsama alanı (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · tr kaplama alanı (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · fr couverture ((genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide) · fi huomio ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · pt cobertura ((genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide) · fi julkisuus ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · ko 보도 (amount by which something or someone is covered) · fi näkyvyys ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · hu kiterjedés (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ro acoperire (amount by which something or someone is covered) · de Berichterstattung ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · cs pokrytí (amount by which something or someone is covered) · hy լուսաբանում ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · ru покры́тие (amount by which something or someone is covered) · de Abdeckung (amount by which something or someone is covered) · es cobertura ((genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide) · nn dekke (amount by which something or someone is covered) · fi kattavuus (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ms liputan (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · vi (độ) bao phủ ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · mi kapitanga (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · fi kattavuus ((genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide) · hy ծածկույթ (amount by which something or someone is covered) · hu lefedettség (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · ar تَغْطِيَة (amount by which something or someone is covered) · nn dekning (amount by which something or someone is covered) · bg обхват (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · vi (độ) bao phủ (amount by which something or someone is covered) · es cobertura (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ka დაფარვის არეალი (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · sh pokrivenost (amount by which something or someone is covered) · nl dekking (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · uk ви́світлення ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media) · pt cobertura (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ru зо́на де́йствия (amount by which something or someone is covered) · sv täckning ((sports) defense) · nl dekking (amount by which something or someone is covered) · sv täckning (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · fi puolustus ((sports) defense) · nb dekning (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ru охва́т (amount by which something or someone is covered) · vi vùng phủ sóng (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · nn dekking (amount by which something or someone is covered) · bg обсег (amount by which something or someone is covered) · ka დაფარვის ზონა (the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network) · ru освеще́ние ((journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media)