Hazarding

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hazard form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"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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