fathom
noun
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
have fathomed
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present perfectof fathom.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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
Brandishing a competitive nature and an extreme love of live entertainment, TV and movies since childhood, she never could have fathomed that a blend of all of those attributes could equate to a job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Others might not have fathomed that flash flooding could also transform roadways into raging, impassable streams.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
He imagined that his partner could not have fathomed what the parade had become and how the world had changed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2016
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
