batch
/bæt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To aggregate things together into a batch. · The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
- To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process. · The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.
He/she/it batches · Past batched · Past participle batched · -ing form batching
Verb forms
- Base form
- batch
- He/she/it
- batches
- Past
- batched
- Past participle
- batched
- -ing form
- batching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A reference to his books showed that hundreds of casts had been taken from a marble copy of Devine’s head of Napoleon, but that the three which had been sent to Morse Hudson a year or so before had been half of a batch of six, the other three being sent to Harding Brothers, of Kensington.
Her first batch of empanadas fell apart in the oven, and the second batch had almost no flavor.
Every batch tastes slightly different, depending on what's in bloom.
Bazalgette also insisted on exceptionally rigorous quality control, ensuring that every batch of cement was thoroughly tested before being utilized.
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