different between winning vs inning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Verb

winning

1. present participle of win

   Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.

Derived terms

• winnings

Adjective

winning (comparative more winning or winninger, superlative most winning or winningest)

1. That constitutes a win.

   the winning entry in the competition

   the winning lotto numbers

2. That leads to success.

   a winning formula, strategy, etc.

3. Attractive.

   a winning smile

Translations

Noun

winning (plural winnings)

1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2. (chiefly in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.

   • Ye seeke land and sea for your winnings.

3. (mining) A new opening.
4. The portion of a coalfield out for working.

Related terms

See also

• winnings
• winningest

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch winninge, equivalent to winnen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.n??/
• Hyphenation: win?ning
• Rhymes: -?n??

Noun

winning f (plural winningen, diminutive winninkje n)

1. acquisition, gain
2. extraction

Derived terms

• broodwinning
• oliewinning

Middle English

Noun

winning

1. Alternative form of wynnyng

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Noun

inning (plural innings)

1. (baseball) 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. (softball) A similar period of play.

3. (billiards) A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
4. A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.

5. (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
   • 1563, Richarde Jugge, Anno Quinto Reginae Elizabethe:

     […] for the mowing, reaping, shering, getting or inning of corne, […]

6. (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)

Related terms

• top: (baseball, softball) first half of an inning
• bottom: (baseball, softball) second half of an inning

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (iningu)

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

inning

1. present participle of inn

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?inin/, [?i.n?n]

Noun

inning m (plural innings)

1. (baseball) inning