fathomnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfæð.əm/us/ˈfæð.əm/a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 metres or 6 feet
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Measurements of length & distance
- breadth
- cm
- footer
- ft
- head
- inch
- kilometre
- km
- meter
- metre
- micrometre
- micron
- mile
- mileage
- mm
- mpg
- nanometre
- range
- sq
- yd
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Miscellaneous units of measurement
fathomverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfæð.əm/us/ˈfæð.əm/UK to discover the meaning of something:
For years people have been trying to fathom (out) the mysteries of the whale's song.
to understand someone or why someone acts as they do:
I can't fathom her at all.
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Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
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