noun🔗ShareComprensión, control, dominioGrasp, envelopment, control."Despite his best efforts, the project remained beyond his fathom, leaving him frustrated. "A pesar de sus mejores esfuerzos, el proyecto permaneció fuera de su control, dejándolo frustrado.mindabilityphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFathom(now usually nautical) An English unit of length for water depth notionally based upon the width of grown man's outstretched arms but standardized as 6 feet (about 1.8 m)."The shipwreck lies at a depth of twenty fathom, making it difficult for scuba divers to reach. "El naufragio se encuentra a una profundidad de veinte brazas, lo que dificulta el acceso a los buceadores.nauticalunitoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFathomVarious similar units in other systems."The teacher explained that different countries use various fathoms for measuring lengths. "El profesor explicó que diferentes países usan diferentes fathoms para medir longitudes.nauticalunitsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareProfundidad, alcanceDepth of insight, mental reach or scope."The teacher's lecture lacked the fathom needed to fully grasp the complex scientific concept. "La conferencia del profesor carecía de la profundidad necesaria para comprender completamente el complejo concepto científico.mindphilosophyabilityabstractChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbrazar, rodearTo encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace."The lumberjack tried to fathom the redwood tree to estimate how much wood it would yield. "El leñador intentó abrazar la secuoya para estimar cuánta madera produciría.actionnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSondear, medir la profundidad deTo measure the depth of, take a sounding of."The divers used sonar to fathom the depth of the sunken ship. "Los buzos utilizaron un sonar para sondear la profundidad del barco hundido.nauticalsailingoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareComprender, entenderTo get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend; understand (a problem etc.)."It took me several days to fathom the complicated instructions for the new software program. "Me tomó varios días comprender las complicadas instrucciones del nuevo programa de software.mindphilosophyabilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
