coverage — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An amount by which something or someone is covered.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough coverage for the help-desk phones.

   Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of coverage with topsoil.

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   The enemy fire is increasing – can we get some immediate coverage from those bunkers?

   There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.

   Professionally published dictionaries do not seem to have extended coverage beyond the most frequent and salient items.

2. The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   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, […].

   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.

3. The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.

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   • Uncountable

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   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.

5. The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.

   Usage

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   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.

6. Defense.

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Noun

1. the total amount and type of insurance carried

   Synonyms

   insurance coverage

   Broader terms

   sumsum of moneyamountamount of money

2. the extent to which something is covered

   Broader terms

   extent

   Examples

   the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent

3. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

   Synonyms

   reportingreportage

   Broader terms

   news

   Examples

   they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations