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innings¹
- /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪnɪŋz
Where it comes from
From the old verb inn (“to house corn”).
noun innings · inningses
- One side's (from when the first player begins to bat, until the last player is out) or individual player's turn to bat or the runs scored during those durations.
- A comparable period of play in croquet or roque.
- The time during which any party is in possession of power, or enjoying good luck, etc.; a turn of any kind.
- A person's lifespan. Forty-odd. That's a better innings than Mozart's thirty-five. Only a moderate knock perhaps in an era brimming with space age technology, and transplants, and artificial hips etcet, but still higher than Mozart's.
innings²
- /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪnɪŋz
noun
- plural of inning
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: frame, turn, shutout, batting, board, bureau, authority, council, round, scoreless, hitless, tours, rounds, roles, blows, bureaux
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noun a period of play in cricket
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title = {innings},
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