inning

[in-ing]

noun

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

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

3. an opportunity for activity; a turn.

   Now the opposition will have its inning.

4. (used with a singular verb),  innings,

   1. 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.

   2. land reclaimed, especially from the sea.

5. the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.

6. enclosure, as of wasteland.

7. the gathering in of crops.

inning

/ 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 History and Origins

Origin of inning¹

before 900; Middle English inninge, Old English innung a getting in, equivalent to inn ( ian ) to go in + -ung -ing ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of inning¹

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

Example Sentences

From there on, she was gritty and disciplined in her first innings back from a hamstring injury as England edged a nerve-wracking contest which would have been one of the tournament's all-time upsets.

From BBC

With the tying run at second base and none out in the ninth inning, he was the calm in a screaming madhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

Especially in the seventh, when the Dodgers batted around, producing the kind of inning they rarely managed in the regular season, one that featured aggressive at-bats, smart baserunning and three two-out RBIs.

From Los Angeles Times

He was ready to call on Nola if the game went into extra innings.

From Los Angeles Times

In the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Monday, the Philadelphia Phillies had two aboard with one out, but came up empty.

From Los Angeles Times

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