# coverage

Pronunciation: say "KUV-rij" /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/

## Noun

1. The amount and type of attention that news media or other media give to an event or topic.
   - Simple: The attention that newspapers, TV, or websites give to a news story or topic.
   - _The election received extensive coverage across both print and broadcast outlets._
   - _Critics argued that the scandal's coverage focused on personalities rather than policy._
2. The extent of the protection given by an insurance policy: which risks and costs it will pay for, and which people it includes.
   - Simple: What an insurance plan will pay for, and the people it protects.
   - _Her health insurance coverage ended the day she left the company._
   - _Standard homeowner policies rarely provide coverage for flood damage._
3. The extent or amount to which something or someone is covered.
   - Simple: How much something or someone is covered, for example by paint, snow or staff.
   - _Two coats produced even coverage across the entire ceiling._
   - _Satellite images showed that snow coverage across the mountains was far below normal this winter._
4. The area within which a cell phone, radio, or other network can send and receive signals, or how well signals reach a given place.
   - Simple: The area where a phone or radio signal can be picked up, and how good the signal is there.
   - _The carrier expanded coverage to several rural counties last year._
   - _Coverage drops away completely once you leave the city limits._
5. In team sports, defensive responsibility for guarding an opponent or an area of the field to prevent the other side from scoring.
   - Simple: In a game or sport, the job of guarding against the other team's attack.
   - _The cornerback's coverage on the receiver forced an incomplete pass._
   - _Zone coverage left the middle of the field wide open._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In DNA sequencing, the average number of times each nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence is represented by a read.

## Origin

Formed in English from "cover" plus the suffix "-age," first attested in 1912. The word "cover" traces back through Middle English and Old French "covrir" to Latin "cooperiō," while "-age" comes through Old French from the Latin ending "-āticum."

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