INNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inning mean? 

• INNING (noun)
  The noun INNING has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

  Familiarity information: INNING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

frame; inning

Hypernyms ("inning" is a kind of...):

division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)

Meronyms (parts of "inning"):

top; top of the inning (the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat)

bottom; bottom of the inning (the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Holonyms ("inning" is a part of...):

period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)

 Context examples 

Anyhow it was my innings that time, and I don’t ever wish to feel better pleased.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)