INNING Definition & Meaning

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inning

[ in-ing ]

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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 singular verb)
1. 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.
2. land reclaimed, especially from the sea.
the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
enclosure, as of wasteland.
the gathering in of crops.

inning

/ ˈɪ��ɪŋ /

baseball a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side
archaic.
the reclamation of land from the sea

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Origin of inning¹

before 900; Middle English inninge, Old English innung a getting in, equivalent to inn ( ian ) to go in + -ung -ing ¹

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Origin of inning¹

Old English innung a going in, from innian to go in

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He struck out four batters in 1 2/3 innings.

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Seth Hernandez threw three scoreless innings and had a triple and double.

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His scoreless innings streak has reached 25 consecutive scoreless innings.

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In five innings Tuesday, May gave up just a single unearned run and a solitary second-inning single as his only hit.

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Glasnow was in vintage personal form in his season debut, holding the Braves without a hit until the fifth inning.

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