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innings

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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.

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

innings [ˈɪnɪŋz]
n
1. (Team Sports / Cricket) (functioning as singular) Cricket
a.  the batting turn of a player or team
b.  the runs scored during such a turn
2. (sometimes singular) a period of opportunity or action
3. (functioning as plural) land reclaimed from the sea
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inningsinnings - the batting turn of a cricket player or team
follow-on - an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings
turn, play - (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"
cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
innings [ˈɪnɪŋz] n
(CRICKET)tour m de batte
(British) (fig) he has had a good innings → il en a bien profité

innings
n (Cricket) → Innenrunde f; to have one’s innings (fig inf)an der Reihe sein; he has had a good innings (fig inf)er war lange an der Reihe; (= life)er hatte ein langes, ausgefülltes Leben

innings [ˈɪnɪŋz] nsg (in cricket) → turno di battuta
he has had a good innings (Brit) (fig) → ha vissuto bene e a lungo
that car has had a good innings → quella macchina ha fatto i suoi anni
innings [ˈɪnɪŋz] nsg (in cricket) → turno di battuta
he has had a good innings (Brit) (fig) → ha vissuto bene e a lungo
that car has had a good innings → quella macchina ha fatto i suoi anni

innings
n innings [ˈiniŋz]
in a game of cricket, a team's turn at batting At the end of their second innings, the West Indian team was 279 runs ahead. inham جَوْلَة في الكريكيت أو البيسبول ининг směna halvleg am Spiel sein entrada tuur دور چوگان زنی sisävuoro tour de batte סִיבּוב पारी vrijeme tokom kojega igrač ili momčad ima pravo udarca giliran memukul það að eiga leik, lota turno, battuta 打ち番 (팀, 타자의) 타순 kamuoliuko padavimas, eilė paduoti kamuoliuką pusingan slagbeurt (część partii w krykiecie) vez (críquete) тур броска čas podávania, resp. odbíjania deo bezbol igre ช่วงทำแต้มในการแข่งขันกีฬาคริกเก็ต vuruş sırası (板球)一局 подача, черга подачі м'яча بلّے بازی کا حصہ hiệp chơi〉(
n inning
in a game of baseball, any of the nine periods in which each team bats. beurt جولَه في البيسبول ининг směna inning am Spiel sein turno tuur نوبت ضربه زنی vuoropari manche מַחֲזוֹר पाली, शासनकाल period igre babak permainan lota inning 이닝, 회(回) kėlinys pusingan slagbeurt (część partii w baseballu) turno иннинг (период, в каждом из которых каждая команда играет по разу в нападении и в защите) zmena (družstiev) deo bezbol igre ช่วงทำแต้มในการแข่งขันกีฬาเบสบอล oyun dönemi (棒球)一局 подача بیسبال کے نو میں سے کوئی ایک دورہ جس میں ہر ٹیم بیٹنگ کرتی ہے lượt chơi


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I judged she had somehow failed to get the first innings -- I mean in the conversation; otherwise the interview wouldn't have been so short.
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You might have seen us there, side by side, during the greater part of the Gentlemen's first innings against the Players (who had lost the toss) on the second Monday in July.
 
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