inning

in·ning  (nng)

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. (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.

3. The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.

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[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

Noun

Baseball a division of the game consisting of a turn at batting and a turn in the field for each side [Old English innung a going in]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

inning - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat frame 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"

Translations

inning [ˈɪnɪŋ] n (US) (Baseball) → tour m de batte;

innings npl (Cricket) → tour de batte;

(Brit) (fig);

he has had a good innings → il (en) a bien profité