batch
To aggregate things together into a batchTo aggregate things together into a batch.
» Why don't we make another batch of cookies?
Backen wir doch noch ein Blech Kekse!
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To aggregate things together into a batch.
The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
batch together; assemble or process as a batch
(transitive)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.
(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.
Examples
25 sentencesWhy don't we make another batch of cookies?
deBacken wir doch noch ein Blech Kekse!
The last batch of cookies is still in the oven.
Another batch of cookies are coming out of the oven.
deEs kommt wieder ein Blech Kekse aus dem Ofen.
Emma baked a batch of cookies.
The tickets were divided into fifteen batches.
Origin
From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of unFrom 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.
Clipping of bachelor (“unmarried adult male”).
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Forms
batches, batching, batched, batchedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle