innings
Meaning
- One side's (from when the first player begins to bat, until the last player is out) or individual player's turn to bat or the runs scored during those durations.
- A comparable period of play in croquet or roque.
- The time during which any party is in possession of power, or enjoying good luck, etc.; a turn of any kind.
- A person's lifespan.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪn.ɪŋz/
Etymology
From the old verb inn (“to house corn”).
New
inning
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- A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
- A similar period of play.
- A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
- A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
- (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
- (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.
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