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inning
/ˈɪnɪŋ/
noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
bottom, half, last
VERB + INNING
exciting, pitched
INNING + NOUN
quest
PREP.
during, in, until, with
Definitions
noun
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 vis
It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
2
A similar period of play.
We batted around in our half of the inning.
3
A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
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
The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
[…] for the mowing, reaping, shering, getting or inning of corne, […]
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Synonyms
noun — (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each t
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
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We batted around in our half of the inning.
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We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.
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Our team scored five runs in the last inning.
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The Lions caught up in the 7th inning.
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The baseball game got more exciting with each inning.
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