Complete Definition of "inning"

English

Etymology
#back-form|innings|nodot=2, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪnɪ�|-ɪnɪ�

Noun
inning (plural: innings)

  1. baseball 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.

  1. (Softball) A similar period of play.

#: We batted around in our half of the inning.

  1. 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.

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