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( UK ) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From the old verb inn (“to house corn”).

Noun [ edit ]

innings (plural innings)

( cricket ) 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. ( Britain ) The time during which any party is in possession of power, or enjoying good luck, etc.; a turn of any kind. ( Britain , euphemistic ) A person's lifespan. 1994 , John Lehmann, Alan Ross, Sebastian Barker, The London Magazine 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.

, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, Sebastian Barker, 2007 , Roger F. Peters, Police Under Pressure: A Donkey on the Edge , Roger Peters →ISBN, page 22 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 ”.

, Roger F. Peters, , Roger Peters →ISBN, page 22 2009 , Mark Radcliffe, Thank You for the Days: A Boy's Own Adventures in Radio and Beyond , Simon and Schuster →ISBN 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.

, Mark Radcliffe, , Simon and Schuster →ISBN 2010 , Jacqueline James M P, An Ignoble End , AuthorHouse →ISBN, page 79 You can only say, she had a good innings , so many times. I suppose seventy nine isn't so bad. It's a damn sight more than I can expect.

, Jacqueline James M P, , AuthorHouse →ISBN, page 79 2012, Peter Fitzpatrick, The Two Frank Thrings, Monash University Publishing →ISBN, page 523 Like father, like son. Sixty-eight. Not such a bad innings, really, when the old man was gone at fifty-three.

Usage notes [ edit ]

In British English, innings is used for both singular and plural; inning is not heard (except in connection with baseball or softball).

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

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