prospecting

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noun

The act of one who prospects.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of prospect
nounprospecting (plural prospectings)

plural prospectings

  1. The act of one who prospects.

    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.

    1858, William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria, page 54
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Chicago

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