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inning
(ɪnɪŋ)
Word forms: plural innings
countable noun
An inning is one of the nine periods that a standard baseball game is divided into. Each team is at bat once in each inning.
inning in British English
(ˈɪnɪŋ)
noun
1. baseball
a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side
2. archaic
the reclamation of land from the sea
Word origin
Old English innung a going in, from innian to go ininning in American English
(ˈɪnɪŋ)
noun
1. Rare
a.
an enclosing or reclaiming, as of wasteland
b. [pl.]
lands reclaimed, as from the sea
2. [pl. for Cricket, with sing. or pl. v.]; Baseball and Cricket
a.
the period of play in which a team has a turn at bat, completed in baseball by three outs and in cricket by ten outs
b.
a numbered round of play in which both teams have a turn at bat: a baseball game normally consists of nine innings, and a cricket game of two innings
3. [often pl.]; Informal
the period of or opportunity for action, expression, exercise of authority, etc.
the election gave him his innings
Word origin
ME inninge < OE innung, ger. of innian, to get in, put in; (sense 2) in1 + -ingImage ofinning
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Chinese translation of 'inning'
inning
(ˈɪnɪŋ) (Baseball)
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