inning

Meaning of inning

noun
  1. A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
    It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
  2. A similar period of play.
    We batted around in our half of the inning.
  3. A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
  4. A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
    We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.
  5. The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
  6. Lands recovered from the sea.
verb
  1. To house; to lodge.
  2. To take lodging; to lodge.

Information about inning

  • The plural form of inning is: innings.
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Hyphenation of inning

in-ning

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • inning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

inning synonyms

Meaning frame:

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Translation of inning

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