coverage

American  

[kuhv-er-ij, kuhv-rij] / ˈkʌv ər ɪdʒ, ˈkʌv rɪdʒ /

noun

• coverages
  plural

1. Insurance. protection provided against risks or a risk, often as specified.

   Does the coverage include flood damage?

2. Journalism. the reporting and subsequent publishing or broadcasting of news.

   The World Series receives international coverage.

3. the extent to which something is covered.

4. the area, groups, or number of persons served or reached by a newspaper, radio or television station, advertising campaign, business, etc.; market.

5. 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.

6. Finance. the value of funds held to back up or meet liabilities.

7. Photography. covering power.

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coverage British  

/ ˈkʌvərɪdʒ /

noun

1. the amount or extent to which something is covered

2. journalism the amount and quality of reporting or analysis given to a particular subject or event

3. the extent of the protection provided by insurance

4. finance

   1. the value of liquid assets reserved to meet liabilities

   2. the ratio of liquid assets to specific liabilities

   3. the ratio of total net profit to distributed profit in a company

5. the section of the public reached by a medium of communication

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• coverages
  plural

Etymology

Origin of coverage

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; cover + -age

Explanation

Use the noun coverage to talk about how much something is covered or included. If your history book's coverage of the Civil War is skimpy, you might want to do some extra research at the library. There's the TV news coverage of the winter Olympics — in other words, the way they show and comment on the events — and the spotty coverage of your lawn by the grass you planted. Something is covered in both examples, either literally or figuratively, and it's more common to use coverage in a figurative way. There's also insurance coverage, or the extent of protection it provides: "I have the cheapest car insurance coverage, so it won't pay to fix these dents."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

coverage coverages

He said Arday felt "hounded" and the relentless media coverage had been "a bloodsport".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Fox’s coverage pivoted from hard fouls to trans panic, Clark got dragged into a fight she has spent three years trying to avoid and Cunningham’s follower count exploded.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

It opens its coverage of the hottest day of the year saying: "Wildfires caused apocalyptic scenes last night as they engulfed homes."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Press coverage swells with glowing profiles of landowners who turned down offers from developers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The coverage only lasted a couple minutes before the station flipped over to this pretaped feature about how the average Iraqi was gearing up for war.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Technically, they don’t call it death insurance because there are certain kinds of deaths it doesn’t cover, and it often includes other coverages unrelated to death.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

Dan Orlovsky, a former backup of Stafford’s with the Lions, says that as Stafford has grown older, he has honed his throwing mechanics and improved his understanding of defensive coverages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

At the line of scrimmage and while running routes against complex coverages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025

This lack of focus will undoubtedly frustrate the coaches, despite some defensive improvements in other coverages seen from the game against South Sudan.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

Consumers would later be surprised to learn when they tried to use the insurance that their benefits were capped or certain coverages were not provided.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

Related Words

• analysis
• insurance
• report