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in·ning
(ĭn′ĭng)n.
1.
a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.
b. innings(used with a sing. verb) Sports The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
2. often innings An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment.
[Middle English innynge, a getting in, from Old English innung, gerund of innian, to put in, from in, in; see in1.]
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inning
(ˈɪnɪŋ)n
1. (Baseball) 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
[Old English innung a going in, from innian to go in]
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in•ning
(ˈɪn ɪŋ)n.
1. a division of a baseball 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.
3. an opportunity for activity; a turn.
4. innings, (used with a sing. v.)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.
5. the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
6. innings, (used with a sing. v. ) land reclaimed, esp. from the sea.
[1520–30; in + -ing1; (definitions 5,6) perhaps continuing Middle English innynge customary rent, Old English innung content]
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Noun | 1. | inning - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" division, section, part - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" top of the inning, top - the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth" bottom of the inning, bottom - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat period of play, playing period, play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
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inning
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inning
[ˈɪnɪŋ] N (US) (Baseball) → inning m, entrada f innings (pl inv) (Cricket) → turno m, entrada f (fig) → turno m, oportunidad fhe's had a good innings → ha disfrutado de una larga vida, ha vivido sus buenos años
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inning
n (Baseball) → Inning nt
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innings
(ˈiniŋz) – plural ˈinnings – noun in a game of cricket, a team's turn at batting. At the end of their second innings, the West Indian team was 279 runs ahead.
ˈinning noun in a game of baseball, any of the nine periods in which each team bats.
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