batch
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3.2
- noun
- /bæʧ/
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lote
- She prepared a large batch of cookies for the school fundraiser.
- batch processing
- batch loading
- a batch of eggs
Maybe you could make it in a massive batch or I could freeze it.
- Maybe you could make it in a massive batch or I could freeze it.
- I don't know how long the first batch will last.
- And then one day, finally the first batch arrived.
- And so when we got to the next batch of four, I was like, this is absurd.
- My last tip is to get organized and make batches of food and freeze them.
- We're going to do another batch with egg whites and sugar.
- If I found like a batch of these, oh, I would buy them all.
- So now the next batch of students has this sort of double reinforced thing.
Examples
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A new batch of test-tube babies won't solve this crisis.
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A batch can cost 1,800 U.S. dollars.
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And then one day, finally the first batch arrived.
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There will be a batch coming out this year, but it goes really quickly.
Academic text (2011) -
Let me make you a new batch.
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This is the last batch.
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Maybe you could make it in a massive batch or I could freeze it.
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The crew chief was anxious to complete the current batch before a new team of workers arrived.
Academic text (1999) -
My last tip is to get organized and make batches of food and freeze them.
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The invitations were sent in batches between 19 October 2010 and 6 May 2011.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large amount of something
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1.0
A group of similar things held or put together
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4.6
A group of people or things that appear at the same time
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5.6
A small group of things or people handled together
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A way to run many computer tasks one after another without a person doing each
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Batch comes from an old English word for a 'loaf' or something 'baked' and is related to bake, so imagine a bakery making many cookies at once. So a batch is a group or amount of things made or handled at the same time.