inning

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Synonyms: winning, binning, finning, dinning, pinning, tinning, sinning, ginning, inking, anning, kinning

Antonyms: winning, binning, finning, dinning, pinning, tinning, sinning, ginning, inking, anning, kinning

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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 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. 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.
6. Lands recovered from the sea.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of inn

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