fathomed
past simple and past participle offathom
fathom
verb[T]
uk/ˈfæð.əm/us/ˈfæð.əm/UK
todiscoverthemeaningof something:
Foryearspeoplehave beentryingto fathom(out)themysteriesof the whale'ssong.
to understand something
- understandI understand why he did that.
- comprehendHe doesn't seem to comprehend the scale of the problem.
- get the pictureOK. Don't say any more. I get the picture.
- followIt was so complicated I couldn't follow what he was saying.
- graspI think I grasped the main points of the lecture.
- digestThis chapter is so difficult to digest. I'll have to read it again later.
tounderstandsomeone or why someoneactsas they do:
I can't fathom her at all.
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- atyourfingertipsidiom
- connection
- figure
- hold
- keenness
- keepsomeoneup
- know a hawk from a handsawidiom
- know the scoreidiom
- know/see wheresomeoneis coming fromidiom
- scale
- uncomprehending
- uncomprehendingly
- understanding
- voice recognition
- wake up tosomething
- wisdom
Examplesoffathomed
fathomed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At the moment they are indicating that they have not yetfathomedwhat it is that is being proposed.
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That trust cannot befathomedor weighed.
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Famously his final words are reputed to be can not befathomed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rachmaninoff himself may simply have notfathomedthe true nature of this composition, especially when it was first performed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even when you have discovered all properties of monsters, wands, potions, and havefathomedthe role of luck, the game remains as playable as ever.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The area offshore beyond the 100 fathom line, too deep to befathomedby a hand sounding line, was referred to as "offsoundings" or "out of soundings".
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