inning
noun
- Now Rare
- an enclosing or reclaiming, as of wasteland
- lands reclaimed, as from the sea
- Baseball, Cricket
- the period of play in which a team has a turn at bat, completed in baseball by three outs and in cricket by ten outs
- a numbered round of play in which both teams have a turn at bat: a baseball game normally consists of nine innings, and a cricket game of two innings
- Informal the period of or opportunity for action, expression, exercise of authority, etc.: the election gave him his innings
See inning in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭnˈĭng)
nouna. 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.
- (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.
- The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.
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