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How to pronounce “fathom”
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Pronunciation guide for fathom
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of fathom with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- We Are All Criminals
Can you fathom that?
- Definition summary
- (chiefly nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
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How to pronounce fathom
We Are All Criminals
Can you fathom that?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “fathom”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
- (nautical, US) A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
- (figuratively)
- (obsolete)
- [Verb]
- (transitive)
- (intransitive)
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