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coverage
[ kuhv-er-ij, kuhv-rij ]
noun
- Insurance. protection provided against risks or a risk, often as specified:
Does the coverage include flood damage?
- Journalism. the reporting and subsequent publishing or broadcasting of news:
The World Series receives international coverage.
- the extent to which something is covered.
- the area, groups, or number of persons served or reached by a newspaper, radio or television station, advertising campaign, business, etc.; market.
- Radio and Television. the area within the broadcasting range of a station or network, usually calculated by the number of owners of radio or television receivers.
- Finance. the value of funds held to back up or meet liabilities.
- Photography. covering power.
coverage
/ ˈʌəɪ /
noun
- the amount or extent to which something is covered
- journalism the amount and quality of reporting or analysis given to a particular subject or event
- the extent of the protection provided by insurance
- finance
- the value of liquid assets reserved to meet liabilities
- the ratio of liquid assets to specific liabilities
- the ratio of total net profit to distributed profit in a company
- the section of the public reached by a medium of communication
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The police, roused by public anger and hostile media coverage, demanded more powers to stop the "eco-loons", as the Sun newspaper dubbed them, and other protesters.
The pair had watched coverage of the marathon on TV last year and she told him he should run the race in honour of her grandmother.
Despite all that, Francis’ climate advocacy was largely an afterthought in immediate media coverage of his death.
Trump takes to his Truth Social platform to criticize ‘60 Minutes’ coverage, which remains relentless despite his legal action against the program.
You can follow live text coverage of the first round on the BBC website and app from 23:30 BST on Thursday.
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