batch
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: băch, IPA(key): /bæt͡ʃ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃ
Etymology 1
From Middle English bache, bacche, from Old English *bæċe, *bæċċe (“baking; something baked”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“baking”), related to bacan (“to bake”). Compare German Gebäck, Dutch gebak and baksel.
Noun
batch (plural batches)
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
- A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- Lady M. W. Montagu
- a new batch of Lords
- Lady M. W. Montagu
- (computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
- The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
- (Britain, dialectal, Midlands) A bread roll.
- (Philippines) A graduating class.
- She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.
- (obsolete) The process of baking.
- 1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b:
- Except the baker doe his part also in the batch.
- 1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b:
Synonyms
Translations
Verb
batch (third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched)
- (transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.
- The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
- (transitive, computing) 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.
Adjective
batch (not comparable)
- Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
- The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- batch mode
- batch process
References
- batch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From Middle English bache, bæcche, from Old English bæċe, beċe (“brook, stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water”). More at beach.
Alternative forms
- baiche (obsolete)
Noun
batch (plural batches)
Etymology 3
from an abbreviation of the pronunciation of bachelor (“unmarried adult male”)
Verb
batch (third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched)
- (informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
- I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.
Usage notes
- Often with it: "I usually batch it three nights a week when she calls on her out-of-town accounts."
Swedish
Declension
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Nominative | batch | batchen | batcher | batcherna |
Genitive | batchs | batchens | batchers | batchernas |
Declension of batch | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | batch | batchen | batchar | batcharna |
Genitive | batchs | batchens | batchars | batcharnas |