prospecting

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pros‧pect‧ing

Verb

prospecting

1. present participle and gerund of prospect

Noun

prospecting (plural prospectings)

1. 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.