Standard Lemma guide

coverage

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
  • non native Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈkɐv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
  • Australian: /ˈkav.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH1 V ER0 AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AH1 V ER0 IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: K AH1 V R IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An amount by which something or someone is covered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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?
  • There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: journalism, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

Examples

  • Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Defense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the extent to which something is covered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: extent

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reporting, reportage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: news

9

noun

Meaning 9

the total amount and type of insurance carried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insurance coverage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money

History

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 *h1épsder. 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 English -age English -age English coverage From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”).

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَغْطِيَة (taḡṭiya) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Armenian: ծածկույթ (cackuytʻ) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Bulgarian: обсег (obseg) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Bulgarian: обхват (obhvat) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Czech: pokrytí — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Dutch: dekking — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Finnish: kattavuus — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Finnish: laajuus — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • French: couverture — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Georgian: დაფარვა (daparva) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • German: Abdeckung — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Hungarian: kiterjedés — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Korean: 덮는 범위 (deomneun beomwi) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Korean: 보도 (bodo) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dekning — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dekke — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekking — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekning — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekke — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Portuguese: cobertura — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Romanian: acoperire — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Russian: охва́т (oxvát) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Russian: покры́тие (pokrýtije) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Russian: зо́на де́йствия (zóna déjstvija) — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Serbo-Croatian: pokrivenost — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Spanish: cobertura — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Vietnamese: (độ) bao phủ — amount by which something or someone is covered
  • Armenian: լուսաբանում (lusabanum) — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Finnish: näkyvyys — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Finnish: huomio — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Finnish: julkisuus — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • German: Berichterstattung — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Russian: освеще́ние (osveščénije) — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Ukrainian: ви́світлення (výsvitlennja) — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Vietnamese: (độ) bao phủ — (journalism) the amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media
  • Finnish: kattavuus — (genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide
  • French: couverture — (genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide
  • Italian: copertura — (genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide
  • Portuguese: cobertura — (genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide
  • Spanish: cobertura — (genetics) average number of reads representing a given nucleotide
  • Bulgarian: обхват (obhvat) — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Dutch: dekking — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Finnish: kuuluvuusalue — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Finnish: peittoalue — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Georgian: დაფარვის ზონა (daparvis zona) — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Georgian: დაფარვის არეალი (daparvis areali) — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Hungarian: lefedettség — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Malay: liputan — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Māori: kapitanga — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Swedish: täckning — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Turkish: kapsama alanı — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Turkish: kaplama alanı — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Vietnamese: vùng phủ sóng — the area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network
  • Finnish: puolustus — (sports) defense
  • Swedish: täckning — (sports) defense
Real reading context

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