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batch
CEFRC1
/bæt͡ʃ/
noun
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- 01
noun
A group of things made or dealt with at one time.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
Examples
Another batch of cookies are coming out of the oven.
There were nineteen graduates for the batch of Spanish class.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 4
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA quantity of anything produced at one operation.
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
A set of data to be processed at one time.
More examples
In contextWe made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.
c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday a new batch of Lords
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Origin
noun
From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel.