Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An amount by which something or someone is covered.

    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.

    Abdeckung

    охва́тoxvát, покры́тиеpokrýtije, зо́на де́йствияzóna déjstvija

    the extent to which something is covered

  2. (countable, uncountable)The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.

    Berichterstattung

    освеще́ниеosveščénije

    ви́світленняvýsvitlennja

    the total amount and type of insurance carried

  3. (countable, uncountable)The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.

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

  5. (countable, uncountable)The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.

    Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Defense.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Everyone has medical coverage.

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  2. There's no cellphone coverage in this area.

    deHier gibt es kein Netz.

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  3. Cell coverage is pretty spotty where I live.

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  4. The squadron encountered an ambush and scrambled for coverage.

    deDer Trupp geriet in einen Hinterhalt und suchte Deckung.

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  5. Watching modern news coverage is a rather dispiriting exercise.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media:
Русский
By meaning 2
amount by which something or someone is covered:
(journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
amount by which something or someone is covered:
(journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media:

Forms

plural: coverages
Singularcoverage
Pluralcoverages

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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