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Plural of inning

regular plural

The plural of inning is innings.

Forms of inning

Singularinning /ˈɪnɪŋ/
Pluralinnings /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/
Countablecountable

Innings in a sentence

  • Only three cricketers have taken all 10 poles in a Test innings.From the entry pole
  • Their bullpen is worn out after yesterday's doubleheader where both games went 12 innings.From the entry bullpen
  • He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.From the entry leave
  • We have an early innings deficit to make up.From the entry early innings
  • He is at his best in the late innings.From the entry late innings

Meaning of inning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A similar period of play.
  3. noun A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.

Full definition of inning

Questions about the plural of inning

What is the plural of inning?
The plural of inning is innings.
Is inning countable?
Inning is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inning (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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