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roll calling

roll calling is the present participle of roll call.

Meaning of roll call

Verb

roll call (third-person singular simple present roll calls, present participle roll calling, simple past and past participle roll called)

  1. (transitive) To read aloud from a list of names, in order to determine who is present or absent.

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Questions about roll calling

What is roll calling the present participle of?
Roll calling is the present participle of roll call.

Words near roll calling in the dictionary

  1. roll bars
  2. roll cage
  3. roll cages
  4. roll call
  5. roll called
  6. roll calling
  7. roll calls
  8. roll cloud
  9. roll clouds
  10. roll coal
  11. roll container

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