prospecting
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pros‧pect‧ing
Verb
[edit]prospecting
- present participle and gerund of prospect
Noun
[edit]prospecting (plural prospectings)
- The act of one who prospects.
- 1858, William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria, page 54:
- He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.