Word Study
coverage
CIDE DICTIONARY
coverage, n.
- the range of items covered. Coverage may be small (
narrow coverage }, or large (broad coverage orwide coverage ). [PJC] - The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- the state of being insured; insurance. [PJC]
- the areas reached by a radio transmission signal, or group of people reached by a communications medium, such as television or a newspaper. [PJC]
- the range of topics treated in a discourse or document, or the depth to which a subject is discussed; as, a news program may have extensive coverage of an event. [PJC]
- the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio of television; as, they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coverage, n.
1 an area or an amount covered.
2 Journalism the amount of press etc. publicity received by a particular story, person, etc.
3 a risk covered by an insurance policy.
4 an area reached by a particular broadcasting station or advertising medium.
1 an area or an amount covered.
2 Journalism the amount of press etc. publicity received by a particular story, person, etc.
3 a risk covered by an insurance policy.
4 an area reached by a particular broadcasting station or advertising medium.
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