fathom
/ˈfað(ə)m/
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American sound/ˈfað(ə)m/
fathom
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fat - hom -> fathom
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
fathom / 'fæðǝm / n
ရေအနက်တစ်လံ။ ရေ ၆ပေအနက် (သို့) ၁.၈မီတာအနက်။
The harbour is four fathoms deep. ❍ The ship sank in twenty fathoms.
v ~ sb/sth (out) နားလည်သဘောပေါက်သည်။ For reasons that I have never been able to fathom, the jury found him guilty. ❍ I'm trying to fathom out the motives behind his proposal.
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- fathom / 'fæðǝm / n ရေအနက်တစ်လံ။ ရေ ၆ပေအနက် (သို့) ၁.၈မီတာအနက်။ The harbour is four fathoms deep.
- The ship sank in twenty fathoms. v ~ sb/sth (out) နားလည်သဘောပေါက်သည်။ For reasons that I have never been able to fathom, the jury found him guilty.
- I'm trying to fathom out the motives behind his proposal.
Synonyms
understand, work out, figure out, comprehend, grasp, make out, think through, appreciate, apprehend, catch, cognize, dig, discern, divine, estimate, follow, gauge, get, get to the bottom, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel
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