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CEFRA1

/ˈkʌvɚ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To put something over or in front of something else.

  2. 02

    noun

    A thing that lies over or protects something.

Examples

  • Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.

  • Cover the chicken loosely with foil.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /kəʋər/
  • /kəʋɜː/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

  2. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The top sheet of a bed.

More examples

In context

  • Will this cover the holiday expenses?

  • The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.

  • We need to set another cover for the Smith party.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original...