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coverages

coverages is the plural of coverage.

Meaning of coverage

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.
  2. The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
    • 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, […].2022 November 30, Industry Insider, “Autumn Statement boost”, in RAIL, number 971, page 84
  3. 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.
    • 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.1932, T. V. O'Connor, “Standardized Communication Aids to Marine Navigation” in Standards Yearbook (U.S. Government Printing Office), 61
  5. The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
    • Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas.
  6. Defense.

Questions about coverages

What is coverages the plural of?
Coverages is the plural of coverage.

Words near coverages in the dictionary

  1. coverable
  2. Coverack
  3. coverage
  4. coverage analyses
  5. coverage analysis
  6. coverages
  7. coverall
  8. coveralled
  9. coveralls
  10. coverb
  11. coverbal

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