coverage
An amount by which something or someone is coveredAn amount by which something or someone is covered.
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» Everyone has medical coverage.
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(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
(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
(countable, uncountable)The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
(countable, uncountable)The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
(countable, uncountable)The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.
(countable, uncountable)Defense.
Examples
19 sentencesEveryone has medical coverage.
There's no cellphone coverage in this area.
deHier gibt es kein Netz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Cell coverage is pretty spotty where I live.
The squadron encountered an ambush and scrambled for coverage.
deDer Trupp geriet in einen Hinterhalt und suchte Deckung. — Zaghawa
Watching modern news coverage is a rather dispiriting exercise.
Translations
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Forms
plural: coveragesSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B2Media and the news — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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