inning
/ˈɪnɪŋ/ noun C1- 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.
- A similar period of play. · We batted around in our half of the inning.
- A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
- 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.
Plural innings
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Instead, the game unfolds naturally over nine innings, allowing the tension to build gradually.
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