Hazarding
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Something hazarded or ventured; a guess or speculation.
"The possessors of some of the homes on the Drive were more than mere names to him; for he had been a guest at an occasional semi-public entertainment in certain of the mansions he passed. But it never occurred to Gregg to dream of owning one of them; indeed, his hazardings of his future were altogether too vague to picture himself founding a family."
- 1 present participle and gerund of hazard form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The possessors of some of the homes on the Drive were more than mere names to him; for he had been a guest at an occasional semi-public entertainment in certain of the mansions he passed. But it never occurred to Gregg to dream of owning one of them; indeed, his hazardings of his future were altogether too vague to picture himself founding a family."
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