coverage

Other forms of coverage

plural

coverages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coverage

What does coverage mean?

coverage means "the total amount and type of insurance carried". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coverage?

coverage has 3 syllables: cov-e-rage. The stress falls on "cov". In IPA it is /ˈkʌvɚədʒ/.

What is another word for coverage?

Close synonyms include insurance coverage, reporting, reportage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coverage a common word?

coverage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.