inning
pronunciation
How to pronounce inning in British English:
UK [ˈɪnɪŋ]
How to pronounce inning in American English:
US [ˈɪnɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
Word Origin
- inning (n.)
- Old English innung "a taking in, a putting in," gerundive of innian "get within, put or bring in," from inn (adv.) "in" (see in). Meaning "a team's turn in a game" first recorded 1735, usually plural in cricket, singular in baseball.
Example
- 1. They closed with five runs in the seventh inning .
- 2. How do we give four unearned runs in one inning ?
- 3. Jack 's get eight hits in seven inning .
- 4. We were three runs behind after the second inning .
- 5. The home team rallied in the ninth inning to win the game .