coverage
An amount by which something or someone is covered.
Noun 4 meanings
An amount by which something or someone is covered.
“Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough coverage for the help-desk phones.”
The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
Etymology
From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”).
COVERAGE at a glance
COVERAGE has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,282 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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