verb

cover

Translation

to cover, to include, to report on, to travel over

Cover the food with a lid.

Does the price cover drinks?

The news covered the election.

We need to cover a lot of ground today.

((sth.)) ((with sth.)) to put something over something else. Cover the food with a lid.

((sth.)) to be enough money for something. Does the price cover drinks?

((sth.)) to report on an event or topic. The news covered the election.

((sth.)) to travel a distance or deal with a range of subjects. We need to cover a lot of ground today.

Synonyms: conceal, protect, include, report

From Latin 'cooperire', meaning 'to cover completely'. It breaks down to 'co-' (thoroughly) + 'operire' (to cover).

Imagine putting a 'cover' over something, whether it's a physical object, a cost, or a news story. It's all about the extent of the covering.