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Definition of innings noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

innings

noun
 
/ˈɪnɪŋz/
 
/ˈɪnɪŋz/
(plural innings)
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  1. (in cricket) a period of time in a game during which a team or a single player is batting
    • Clarke’s 124 gives Surrey a useful first innings.
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somebody had a good innings
  1. (British English, informal) used about somebody who has died to say that they had a long life
    • How old was she? 84? Well, she had a good innings then.

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