De dekking
Example: De dekking van het nieuws was gisteren erg uitgebreid.
Definition
"De dekking" refers to the coverage or reporting of news events, especially in journalism. It describes how thoroughly and extensively news stories are reported and presented to the public, as in the example phrase 'De dekking van het nieuws was gisteren erg uitgebreid,' meaning the news coverage was very comprehensive yesterday.
Etymology
The word "de dekking" comes from the Dutch verb 'dekken,' meaning 'to cover.' In journalism, "de dekking" evolved to describe the act of covering news stories. Interestingly, the root 'dekken' originally referred to physically covering something, like a roof or a table, before being applied metaphorically to news reporting.
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"De dekking" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Journalism - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 110 commonly used words.
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