INNING


Meaning of INNING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈi-niŋ ]

noun

Etymology: in (II) + -ing (I)

Date: 1735

1.

a. plural but singular or plural in construction : a division of a cricket match

b. : a division of a baseball game consisting of a turn at bat for each team ; also : a baseball team's turn at bat ending with the third out

c. : a player's turn (as in horseshoes, pool, or croquet)

2. : a chance or opportunity for action or accomplishment — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.

that momentous inning s which was to project him into world politics — Times Literary Supplement

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.