number
noun
a numeral or group of numerals.
is numbering
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present progressiveof number (3rd 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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He is numbering and folding them, she thought, and now he is directing the envelope,—to whom, I wonder!
From In Exile and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
