coverage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the extent to which something is covered

   the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent

2. 2
   noun

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

   they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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, […].

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.

   Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.

7. 7
   noun

   the total amount and type of insurance carried

8. 8
   noun

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle Engli…