batch

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /bæt͡ʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bass /tʃ/ vs /s/ Sounds like bash /tʃ/ vs /ʃ/

Freq #8211

Meanings

1

noun
A group of things or people dealt with at the same time.

The teacher marked the first batch of exam papers tonight.
2

noun
An amount of food, especially bread or cakes, baked at one time.

We made a batch of cookies for the party.
3

noun
A set of data processed together by a computer.

The system handles the requests in batches of fifty.
4

verb
To group things together to handle them at the same time.

I batched the orders so they could all be shipped together.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a group of things or people... group lot

Opposites

continuous

Word family

Forms batchedbatchesbatching

Derived forms batch-editbatchablebatchmatebatchwiseinterbatchintrabatchmasterbatchmicrobatchminibatchprebatchrebatchsubbatch

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Phrases (1)

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batch processing
running a collection of computer jobs together as a scheduled group

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Batch was first recorded in late Middle English meaning “the process of baking.” It comes from the same Germanic root as the Old English verb bake.

Etymology

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.

bach Middle English *bæċċ Old English *bakku Proto-West Germanic *bakkuz Proto-Germanic

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People & Society

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# batch

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /bæt͡ʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 8211

## Meanings
1. A group of things or people dealt with at the same time.
2. An amount of food, especially bread or cakes, baked at one time.
3. A set of data processed together by a computer.
4. To group things together to handle them at the same time.

## Examples
- The teacher marked the first batch of exam papers tonight.
- We made a batch of cookies for the party.
- The system handles the requests in batches of fifty.
- I batched the orders so they could all be shipped together.

## Antonyms
- continuous

## Derived Forms
- batch-edit
- batchable
- batchmate
- batchwise
- interbatch
- intrabatch
- masterbatch
- microbatch
- minibatch
- prebatch
- rebatch
- subbatch

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bach
- Root: *bæċċ
- Root: *bakku
- Root: *bakkuz

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Batch comes 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.

## Topics
- People & Society

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