innings
UK/ˈɪn.ɪŋz/
innings noun: 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. Also the plural of inning.
Noun
innings (plural innings or (rare) 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.1994, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, Sebastian Barker, The London Magazine
- My mother-in-law died at 89 years of age, while sad and as you might expect, we used the phrase “she had a good innings”.2007, Roger F. Peters, Police Under Pressure: A Donkey on the Edge, Roger Peters, →ISBN, page 22
Also used as
innings is also the plural of inning.
innings meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
innings in Hindi
- a period of play in cricket
- पारी pārī
innings in Tamil
- இன்னிங்ஸ், இன்னிங்சுகள்
innings in Urdu
- اننگز
innings in Bengali
- ইনিংস, ইনিংসস
More languagesFewer languages
- innings in Telugu
- ఇన్నింగ్స్, ఇన్నింగ్స్లు
- innings in Malayalam
- ഇന്നിങ്സ്, ഇന്നിംഗ്സ്
- innings in Kannada
- ಇನಿಂಗ್ಸ್, ಇನ್ನಿಂಗ್ಸ್
- innings in Punjabi
- ਪਾਰੀ, ਪਾਰੀਆਂ
- innings in Gujarati
- ઇનિંગ્સ, ઈનિંગ્સ
- innings in Odia
- ଇନିଂସ, ଇନିଙ୍ଗ୍ସ୍, ଇନିଂସ୍
- innings in Nepali
- इनिङ्स, इनिङ्सहरू
Examples of innings in a sentence
- He was the first of my grandparents to die but none of them made it much past seventy, although that was very much looked on as 'a decent innings' in early-seventies England.2009, Mark Radcliffe, Thank You for the Days: A Boy's Own Adventures in Radio and Beyond, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- You can only say, she had a good innings, so many times.2010, Jacqueline James M P, An Ignoble End, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 79:
- Not such a bad innings, really, when the old man was gone at fifty-three.2012, Peter Fitzpatrick, The Two Frank Thrings, Monash University Publishing, →ISBN, page 523:
Forms of innings
| plural | innings |
|---|---|
| plural (rare) | inningses |
Origin of innings
From the old verb inn (“to house corn”).
Words formed from innings
Phrases with innings
Words that rhyme with innings
Questions about innings
- What does innings mean?
- Innings means 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.
- What is innings in Hindi?
- Innings in Hindi is पारी (pārī). See Innings meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use innings in a sentence?
- He was the first of my grandparents to die but none of them made it much past seventy, although that was very much looked on as 'a decent innings' in early-seventies England.
- What part of speech is innings?
- Innings is a noun.
- How do you pronounce innings?
- Innings is pronounced /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of innings?
- The plural of innings is innings.
Words near innings in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: innings (page history and authors); innings (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innings (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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