cover story

cover story

English

Noun

cover story (plural cover stories)

1. (media) A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover.
   • 2020 May 6, “Letters: Open Access”, in Rail, page 48:

     It's ironic that the day before the Prime Minister confirmed the go-ahead for HS2, RAIL 898 hit my doormat with a cover story 'Is reopening the GC a viable alternative to HS2?'

2. (espionage) A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.

Translations

story on a publication's front page

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 封面故事 (fēngmiàn gùshì) Dutch: omslagartikel n Finnish: etusivun juttu French: gros titre (fr) m German: Titelgeschichte f, Coverstory f Portuguese: manchete (pt) f Russian: те́ма но́мера f (téma nómera), гла́вная статья́ f (glávnaja statʹjá), загла́вная исто́рия f (zaglávnaja istórija) Spanish: primera plana f

fictitious account

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 託詞／托词 (zh) (tuōcí) Finnish: peitetarina French: couverture (fr) f German: Legende (de) f Portuguese: história para encobrir Russian: прикры́тие (ru) n (prikrýtije), леге́нда (ru) f (legénda) Spanish: tapadera (es) f

References

• “cover story”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.