coverage
/ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.63 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Professionally published dictionaries do not seem to have extended coverage beyond the most frequent and salient items."
- "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, […]."
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 *h₁épi 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”).
Origin
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
- British English: /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/