Definition of "inning" in Anglais

noun

1. (baseball) 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.

2. (softball) A similar period of play.

   • We batted around in our half of the inning.

3. (billiards) 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. (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.

6. (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of inn