hazarding

hazarding is the present participle and gerund of hazard.

Meaning of hazard

hazard (third-person singular simple present hazards, present participle hazarding, simple past and past participle hazarded)

To expose to chance; to take a risk.
- to be consistent, you ought to be a Chriſtian in temper and practice; for you hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obediencea. 1676, John Clarke, Excuses of the Irreligious
To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on.
- I'll hazard a guess.

hazarding (plural hazardings)

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...1922, Edwin Balmer, The Breath of Scandal
- You see the vague speculations of Democritus becoming precise in Dalton, the cloudy hazardings of Pythagoras set solid in figures by Kepler; here is the balance, there is the yard-stick; number one is the principle of all things; […]1931, Lionel Britton, Hunger and Love, page 301

plural	hazardings

What does hazarding mean?: Hazarding means something hazarded or ventured; a guess or speculation.
What is hazarding the present participle and gerund of?: Hazarding is the present participle and gerund of hazard.
What part of speech is hazarding?: Hazarding is a noun.
What is the plural of hazarding?: The plural of hazarding is hazardings.

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