What does hazarding mean?
Hazarding means present participle and gerund of hazard.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of hazard.
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.
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; […]
Use hazarding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hazarding means present participle and gerund of hazard.
Common synonyms include staking, risking, bet, wager.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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