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| 1. | Baseball. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it. |
| 2. | a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes. |
| 3. | an opportunity for activity; a turn: Now the opposition will have its inning. |
| 4. | innings, (used with a singular verb)
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| 5. | the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land. |
| 6. | enclosure, as of wasteland. |
| 7. | the gathering in of crops. |
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| 1. | (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park. |
| 2. | (used to indicate inclusion within something abstract or immaterial): in politics; in the autumn. |
| 3. | (used to indicate inclusion within or occurrence during a period or limit of time): in ancient times; a task done in ten minutes. |
| 4. | (used to indicate limitation or qualification, as of situation, condition, relation, manner, action, etc.): to speak in a whisper; to be similar in appearance. |
| 5. | (used to indicate means): sketched in ink; spoken in French. |
| 6. | (used to indicate motion or direction from outside to a point within) into: Let's go in the house. |
| 7. | (used to indicate transition from one state to another): to break in half. |
| 8. | (used to indicate object or purpose): speaking in honor of the event. |
| 9. | in or into some place, position, state, relation, etc.: Please come in. |
| 10. | on the inside; within. |
| 11. | in one's house or office. |
| 12. | in office or power. |
| 13. | in possession or occupancy. |
| 14. | having the turn to play, as in a game. |
| 15. | Baseball. (of an infielder or outfielder) in a position closer to home plate than usual; short: The third baseman played in, expecting a bunt. |
| 16. | on good terms; in favor: He's in with his boss, but he doubts it will last. |
| 17. | in vogue; in style: He says straw hats will be in this year. |
| 18. | in season: Watermelons will soon be in. |
| 19. | located or situated within; inner; internal: the in part of a mechanism. |
| 20. | Informal.
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| 21. | well-liked; included in a favored group. |
| 22. | inward; incoming; inbound: an in train. |
| 23. | plentiful; available. |
| 24. | being in power, authority, control, etc.: a member of the in party. |
| 25. | playing the last nine holes of an eighteen-hole golf course (opposed to out): His in score on the second round was 34. |
| 26. | Usually, ins. persons in office or political power (distinguished from outs). |
| 27. | a member of the political party in power: The election made him an in. |
| 28. | pull or influence; a social advantage or connection: He's got an in with the senator. |
| 29. | (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) a return or service that lands within the in-bounds limits of a court or section of a court (opposed to out). |
| 30. | to enclose. |
| 31. | be in for, to be bound to undergo something, esp. a disagreeable experience: We are in for a long speech. |
| 32. | in for it, Slang. about to suffer chastisement or unpleasant consequences, esp. of one's own actions or omissions: I forgot our anniversary again, and I'll be in for it now. Also, British, for it. |
| 33. | in that, because; inasmuch as: In that you won't have time for supper, let me give you something now. |
| 34. | in with, on friendly terms with; familiar or associating with: They are in with all the important people. |
[Origin: bef. 900; 1925–30 for def. 28; ME, OE; c. G, D, OFris, OS, Goth in, ON ī, L in, Gk en, Lith į]
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
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[Middle English innynge, a getting in, from Old English innung, gerund of innian, to put in, from in, in; see in1.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
inning
O.E. innung "a taking in, a putting in," ger. of innian "get within, put or bring in," from inn (adv.) "in" (see in). Meaning of "a team's turn in a game" first recorded 1738, usually pl. in cricket, sing. in baseball.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| inning | |
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| (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈinning noun
in a game of baseball, any of the nine periods in which each team bats
See also: innings
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Inning
Inn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inned; p. pr. & vb. n. Inning.] To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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