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Meaning of "air cover" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIR COVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIR COVER

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Air cover is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIR COVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

air cover

Military aviation

Military aviation is the use of aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling warfare, including national airlift capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front. Air power includes the national means of conducting such warfare including the intersection of transport and war craft. The wide variety of military aircraft includes bombers, fighters, transports, trainers, and reconnaissance aircraft. These varied types of aircraft allow for the completion of a wide variety of military objectives.

Definition of air cover in the English dictionary

The definition of air cover in the dictionary is the use of aircraft to provide aerial protection for ground forces against enemy air attack. Other definition of air cover is the aircraft used in this.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIR COVER

air cargo
air cavity
air chamber
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air cleaner
Air Command
air commodore
air conditioning
air consignment note
air corridor
air crash
air current
air curtain
air cushion
air cylinder
air dam
air disaster
air display
air duct
air embolism

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIR COVER

album cover
back cover
book cover
cloud cover
cover
cushion cover
cut-and-cover
discover
dust cover
duvet cover
hardcover
on cover
over
re-cover
recover
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seat cover
soft-cover
uncover
under cover
undercover

Synonyms and antonyms of air cover in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «air cover» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIR COVER

Find out the translation of air cover to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of air cover from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «air cover» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空中掩护
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cobertura aérea
570 millions of speakers

English

air cover
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवा कवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غطاء جوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прикрытие с воздуха
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cobertura aérea
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বায়ু আবরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couverture aérienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penutup udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luftdeckel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

航空支援
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항공 커버
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tutup ruangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காற்று மூடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवा कव्हर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hava örtüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

copertura aerea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokrywa powietrza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прикриття з повітря
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capac de aer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάλυμμα αέρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lug dekking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luftkåpan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flystøtte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of air cover

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR COVER»

The term «air cover» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.257 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR COVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «air cover» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «air cover» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about air cover

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIR COVER»

Discover the use of air cover in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to air cover and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Castle in the Air
The story speeds along with tantalizing twists and turns until the prophecies are fulfilled, true identities are revealed, and all is resolved in a totally satisfying, breathtaking, surprise-filled ending.
Diana Wynne Jones, 2012
2
A Pattern for Joint Operations: World War II Close Air ...
Allied air forces could not provide enough continuity in their air cover. 17 Because Allied air support forces could not stem the enemy air attacks over the battlefield, some ground commanders complained. Robinett, now a brigadier general, ...
OFFICE OF AIR FORCE HISTORY WASHINGTONDC, Daniel R Mortensen
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A Pattern for Joint Operations: World War II Close Air ...
Allied air forces could not provide enough continuity in their air cover. 17 Because Allied air support forces could not stem the enemy air attacks over the battlefield, some ground commanders complained. Robinett, now a brigadier general, ...
Daniel R. Mortensen, 1987
4
The Last Century of Sea Power: From Washington to Tokyo, ...
From Washington to Tokyo, 1922–1945 H. P. Willmott. SOUTH ATLANTICOCEAN NORTH AMERICA N Miles 0 1000 Map 4. North Atlantic Theater: Escort and Air Cover Areas of Operation 1939 Pan-American Neutrality Zone Western ...
H. P. Willmott, 2009
5
The Second World War in the Air: The Story of Air Combat in ...
The original plan had been that these two mighty ships would be accompanied by an aircraft carrier to give them air cover but the ship earmarked for the post had been damaged and was not available. Admiral Phillips, in command of the ships ...
Merfyn Bourne, 2013
6
Mao, Stalin and the Korean War: Trilateral Communist ...
absolutely clear that Chinese forces should not count on Soviet air cover as they launched their advance. In response to the emerging situation, on October 17, Mao sent an urgent telegram ordering Peng Dehuai and Gao Gang to Beijing for  ...
Shen Zhihua, 2012
7
Operation Goodtime and the Battle of the Treasury Islands, ...
Unlike operations on land, where it is possible to seize a geographic feature and use it to dominate the surrounding area, air cover is transitory. The Allied aircraft were not able to provide total air cover even when they were able to obtain local  ...
Reg Newell, 2012
8
Shaking the Heavens and Splitting the Earth: Chinese Air ...
Air cover formations use a combination of area and escort cover to destroy or expel enemy combat aircraft that pose a relatively great threat to the campaign's strike formation. According to PLA documents, when the enemy's intercepting forces ...
‎2011
9
Case studies in the development of close air support
If weather forced cancellation or delay of Cobra past 1500 hrs, the allocation for close air support was to be reduced to forty-one percent, with the remainder going to a wide variety of missions, mostly air cover over the assault area and fighter ...
B. Franklin Cooling
10
Spymasters: Ten CIA Officers in Their Own Words
In that discussion two of the three Chiefs present had said that they weren't at all sure the operation really had to have air cover, that it had a good chance of success without air cover. I relayed this view to the military director of the operation, ...
Ralph Weber, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIR COVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term air cover is used in the context of the following news items.
1
War with Isis: The 'international brigade' of foreign fighters joining up …
But unfortunately we don't have air cover to destroy heavy equipment like that.” A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Isis militants in Mount ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
EMC's Basiliere: In A Complex World, Keeping Things Simple For …
The minute someone packages something up that is not only compelling for customers, but we're going to give you lots of air cover in marketing ... «CRN, Jul 15»
3
Ugandan defence minister says troops will remain in South Sudan …
They also provide air cover for the South Sudanese army (SPLA) in other states of the oil-rich greater Upper Nile region. While the southern ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
4
US renews its opposition to buffer zones in Syria
According to Israeli intelligence website Debka, Jordan and Israel are said to be planning joint air cover and the creation of a parallel no-fly ... «Ammon News, Jul 15»
5
Baffled by Office Buzzwords
... in the margins of my notes to look up after meetings — lingo like “deliverables” and “air cover.” Some I could guess at. Some weren't so easy. «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Surface Forces: Taiwan Builds To Survive
Without that air cover these small ships would be target practice for Chinese warplanes. All this activity is a reaction to the enormous warship ... «Strategy Page, Jul 15»
7
Turkey to reach out to Kurds in Syria in search for cooperation
... region north of Aleppo now largely under the control of moderate rebel forces and to provide air cover for the Islamic State to fight the rebels. «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
8
Selling the combine, keeping the land: a personal journey through a …
But my 59-year-old mom and 61-year-old dad have air cover: My maternal cousin Jason Ray and his wife Amy are renting most of the Tait farm. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
9
What would a tardis travelling into David Leyonhjelm's post-nanny …
Much of this is likely to be air cover for him to grease the political rails for his tobacco industry benefactors to break down barriers to market ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
10
Turkey and Jordan said preparing buffer zones inside Syria. Israeli …
... cross into southern Syria. Jordan and Israel are reported to be planning joint air cover and the creation of a parallel no-fly zone in the south. «DEBKA file, Jun 15»

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