fathom
noun
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
fathomed
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past participleof fathom.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fathom.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fathomnouna unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
Example Sentences
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Ken Ono’s career as one of the world’s most prominent mathematicians has taken him to places that he never could have fathomed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
"We never fathomed it would be this catastrophic and apocalyptic."
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
“He did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted,” Ms. Smith said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
And even then, fixing flaws in these digital constructs — whose inner workings are neither wholly trustworthy nor fully fathomed even by their creators — will take time and millions of dollars.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
The thing she’d wanted, the thing she dreamed of, belonged to her and was better than anything she could have fathomed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
