different between coverage vs covered

English

Etymology

From Middle English coverage, equivalent to cover +? -age.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?v.??.?d?/

Noun

coverage (countable and uncountable, plural coverages)

1. 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.

   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.
2. The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television.
3. (genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
4. The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
   • 1932, T. V. O'Connor, “Standardized Communication Aids to Marine Navigation” in Standards Yearbook (U.S. Government Printing Office), 61:

     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.

5. The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.

   Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.

6. Journalism: the attention given by the press or news media about some news; the total of stories published or broadcast about a topic.
7. (sports) Defense.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?v?(?)d/

Adjective

covered (not comparable)

1. Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
2. (figuratively) Prepared for, or having dealt with, some matter

   With my insurance, I am covered for earthquake damage.

3. (poker) Than whom another player has more money available for betting.

   John has $100 on the table, while Jill only has $75. John has Jill covered.

4. (dated) Wearing one's hat.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hidden

Antonyms

• uncovered

Derived terms

• ice-covered

Translations

Verb

covered

1. simple past tense and past participle of cover

Anagrams

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