Inning (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it.
  2. a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes.
  3. an opportunity for activity; a turn: Now the opposition will have its inning.
  4. innings, (used with a singular verb)
    • 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.
    • land reclaimed, especially from the sea.
  5. the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
  6. enclosure, as of wasteland.
  7. the gathering in of crops.
noun
  1. a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side
  2. the reclamation of land from the sea
Inning (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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