rank
noun
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
am ranking
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present progressiveof rank (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You will explain, and satisfactorily, or——-" "Lieutenant Trent," retorted the other, savagely, "while you and I are officers of the same rating, my commission is older than yours, and I am ranking officer here.
From Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
