coverage
nounCA, US, UK /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ · AU /ˈkɐv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
Etymology From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”).
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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.
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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.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2:
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Journalism, Media 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:
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Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications 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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Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
- Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Defense.