noun🔗ShareCompréhension, emprise, contrôleGrasp, envelopment, control."Despite his best efforts, the project remained beyond his fathom, leaving him frustrated. "Malgré tous ses efforts, le projet restait hors de sa compréhension, ce qui le frustrait.mindabilityphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrasse(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. "L'épave repose à une profondeur de vingt brasses, ce qui rend difficile l'accès aux plongeurs sous-marins.nauticalunitoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrasseVarious similar units in other systems."The teacher explained that different countries use various fathoms for measuring lengths. "Le professeur a expliqué que différents pays utilisent différentes brasses pour mesurer les longueurs.nauticalunitsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCompréhension, portéeDepth of insight, mental reach or scope."The teacher's lecture lacked the fathom needed to fully grasp the complex scientific concept. "La conférence du professeur manquait de la compréhension nécessaire pour saisir pleinement le concept scientifique complexe.mindphilosophyabilityabstractChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉtreindre, embrasserTo 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. "Le bûcheron a essayé d'étreindre le séquoia pour estimer la quantité de bois qu'il produirait.actionnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSonder, mesurer la profondeur deTo measure the depth of, take a sounding of."The divers used sonar to fathom the depth of the sunken ship. "Les plongeurs ont utilisé un sonar pour sonder la profondeur du navire coulé.nauticalsailingoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareComprendre, percerTo 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. "Il m'a fallu plusieurs jours pour comprendre les instructions compliquées du nouveau logiciel.mindphilosophyabilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
