batch
verb/bætʃ/
/bætʃ/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they batch | /bætʃ/ /bætʃ/ |
| he / she / it batches | /ˈbætʃɪz/ /ˈbætʃɪz/ |
| past simple batched | /bætʃt/ /bætʃt/ |
| past participle batched | /bætʃt/ /bætʃt/ |
| -ing form batching | /ˈbætʃɪŋ/ /ˈbætʃɪŋ/ |
- batch (something) to put things into groups in order to deal with them
- The service will be improved by batching and sorting enquiries.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the senses ‘process of baking’, ‘quantity produced at one baking’): based on an Old English word related to bacan, of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the early 18th cent.Definitions on the go
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