- (functioning as singular)
- the batting turn of a player or team
- the runs scored during such a turn
- (sometimes singular) a period of opportunity or action
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in•ning /ˈɪnɪŋ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Sporta division of a baseball game during which each team has an opportunity to score:He scored a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
- innings, [plural] [countable; but used with a singular verb in the singular form][Cricket.]a unit of play in which each team has a turn at bat.
- an opportunity for activity;
a turn:You've had your innings, now it's my chance.
in•ning
(in′ing),USA pronunciation n.
- Sport[Baseball.]a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it.
- a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes.
- an opportunity for activity;
a turn:Now the opposition will have its inning. - innings, (used with a sing. v.)
- Sport[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.
- land reclaimed, esp. from the sea.
- the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
- enclosure, as of wasteland.
- Agriculturethe gathering in of crops.
- Middle English inninge, Old English innung a getting in, equivalent. to inn(ian) to go in + -ung -ing1 bef. 900
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innings /ˈɪnɪŋz/ n