Coverage

Quick meaning: Coverage is a noun meaning An amount by which something or someone is covered.

Meaning

An amount by which something or someone is covered.

More Meanings

1. (journalism) The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
2. (genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
3. (telecommunications) The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
4. (telecommunications) The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
5. (sports) Defense.

Example Sentences

There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.

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.

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

Word Forms

• coverages

Synonyms for coverage

Depending on context, synonyms include reportage, reporting, insurance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reportage, reporting, insurance, news, retransmission, transmittal.

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