innings

/ˈɪn.ɪŋz/

noun

  1. 1

    One side's (from when the first player begins to bat, until the last player is out) or individual player's turn to bat or the runs scored during those durations.

  2. 2

    The time during which any party is in possession of power, or enjoying good luck, etc.; a turn of any kind.

  3. 3

    A person's lifespan.

noun

  1. 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. 2

    A similar period of play.

    We batted around in our half of the inning.
  3. 3

    A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.

  4. 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. 5

    The gathering of a crop; harvesting.

  6. 6

    Lands recovered from the sea.

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