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Meaning of Coverage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ

Definitions

  1. An amount by which something or someone is covered.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Cover (what covers or covers a thing).
  3. The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Ceremony whereby the big of Spain take possession of his dignity putting the hat in front of the king.
  5. The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
    countable, uncountable
  6. Cover-up, fiction.
  7. The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
    countable, uncountable
  8. The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
    countable, uncountable
  9. Defense.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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.”
“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, […].”
“Holed up in the White House over the weekend, with temperatures dropping and a major snowstorm on its way, Mr. Trump expressed concern about the killing to aides and allies. But his frustrations were more about the coverage of the events rather than the incident itself, according to people familiar with the dynamic.”
“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.”
“Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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