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(ĭn'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
    1. 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.
    2. innings (used with a sing. verb) Sports. The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
  1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment. Often used in the plural with singular or plural verb.
  2. The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.

[Middle English innynge, a getting in, from Old English innung, gerund of innian, to put in, from in, in. See in1.]



In cricket, innings is both singular (the first innings) and plural (the best of his three innings). In American English, the word used in baseball has a singular form inning and a plural form innings.

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noun

    A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity. bout, go, hitch, shift, spell3, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch. See time.

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For a list of words related to inning, see:
  • Baseball - inning: a unit of a baseball game consisting of three outs for each team, with the away team batting first (top of the inning) and the home team batting last (bottom of the inning)


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - halvleg, inning

Nederlands (Dutch)
slagbeurt (honkbal), serveerbeurt

Français (French)
n. - (US) tour de batte (base-ball)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Inning

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περίοδος ή διάρκεια εκδήλωσης ψυχαγωγικού περιεχομένου

Italiano (Italian)
inning

Português (Portuguese)
n. - turno (m) (Desp.)

Русский (Russian)
фора, возможность действовать, осушение болот

Español (Spanish)
n. - entrada, turno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omgång (i baseball)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
局, 围垦, 当政期, 执政期, 收获

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 局, 圍墾, 當政期, 執政期, 收穫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회, (크리켓에서) 칠 차례, 활동기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イニング, 打撃番, 政権担当期, 収穫, 埋立て, 埋立地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جوله في البيسبول, دور, فرصه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיבוב (בכדור-בסיס)‬


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