inning

[ in-ing ]

/ ˈɪn ɪŋ /

noun

Baseball. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it.

a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes.

an opportunity for activity; a turn: Now the opposition will have its inning.

innings, (used with a singular verb)

Cricket. a unit of play in which each team has a turn at bat, the turn of a team ending after ten players are put out or when the team declares.
land reclaimed, especially from the sea.

the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.

enclosure, as of wasteland.

the gathering in of crops.

Origin of inning

before 900; Middle English inninge, Old English innung a getting in, equivalent to inn(ian) to go in + -ung -ing¹

Words nearby inning

innerwear, inness, innholder, innidiation, innie, inning, innings, inniskilling, innit, innkeeper, innocence

Example sentences from the Web for innings

Once again he could throw his fastball for strikes with impunity--for six or seven innings at least.

Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up |Tom Boswell |September 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In his career, he's walked home many runs, but in more than thirty-eight hundred innings, Palmer has never given up a grand slam.

Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up |Tom Boswell |September 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tanaka then settled into a groove, pitching shut-out ball for the next five innings, fanning eight as the Yankees won 7-3.

Masahiro Tanaka Is the Yankees' $155M Lethal Weapon and Strikeout Machine |Allen Barra |May 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One year he struck out 262 men in 170 innings, walked as many, and finished 7–15.

Earl Weaver, Baseball’s Brilliant Antagonist, Dies |Tim Marchman |January 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

For four innings it looked as though his prophecy would be fulfilled.

Baseball Joe in the World Series |Lester Chadwick
Then began a desperate effort on the part of Boxer Hall to get in two more runs in the remaining two innings.

Batting to Win |Lester Chadwick
And for the first five innings the scales hung in the balance.

Baseball Joe Around the World |Lester Chadwick
One afternoon, just as Winona was having her innings, Elsie Mainwaring uttered a cry, and pointed overhead.

The Luckiest Girl in the School |Angela Brazil
The Germans had their innings then and full well they worked.

A Soldier of the Legion |Edward Morlae

British Dictionary definitions for innings (1 of 2)

innings

/ (ˈɪnɪŋz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) cricket

the batting turn of a player or team
the runs scored during such a turn

(sometimes singular) a period of opportunity or action

(functioning as plural) land reclaimed from the sea

British Dictionary definitions for innings (2 of 2)

inning

/ (ˈɪnɪŋ) /

noun

baseball a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side

archaic the reclamation of land from the sea

Word Origin for inning

Old English innung a going in, from innian to go in

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