venturing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of venture.

   Venturing into uncharted waters, the crew soon lost radio contact.

   She spent the whole summer venturing through remote mountain villages.

   Note

   The -ing form of venture does two jobs. In "the crew were venturing out" it builds a continuous tense, and in "venturing abroad takes nerve" it fills a noun slot as a gerund. Either way it keeps the verb's full range, so watch what follows it. Venturing into or through a place describes a journey, venturing an opinion means offering one, and venturing your savings means putting them at risk.

2. 2
   noununcountable

   The action performed by someone who ventures, especially a daring or risky move into unfamiliar territory.

   Her constant venturing into untested markets came to define her career.

   The reckless venturing of small boats far offshore has cost many lives in winter.

   Similaradventuring, exploration, risk-taking

   Note

   Here the word is a full noun rather than the gerund of the verb form. It takes articles, adjectives and a plural, as in her early venturings into politics. To tell the two apart, look at the object. A gerund takes one directly (venturing his savings), while the noun needs of before it (the venturing of his savings).

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