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# batch

«batch» in Mova's school dictionary: **an amount of something made at one time: "a batch of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a batch, batches); verb (batch, batches, batched, batching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A batch is an amount of something made at one time: "a batch of cookies". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#m1)

2) A batch is a group of things or people dealt with together: "a batch of letters", "the next batch of pupils". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#m2)

3) (verb) To batch things means to put them into groups to deal with them together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#m3)

4) (cooking) Batch cooking means making lots of food at once to eat later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems, batches are equal groups: "she bakes 4 batches of 12 cookies, so 48 cookies". In factories, goods are made and checked in batches. Phrases: a batch of, in batches, batch cooking, the first batch, the next batch.

### examples

- Mum baked a batch of chocolate cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x1)
- Each batch has 24 cupcakes; 3 batches make 72. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x2)
- The first batch of pancakes burned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x3)
- The teacher marked the books in batches of ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x4)
- A new batch of puppies was born at the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x5)
- The factory checks each batch for faults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x6)
- The next batch of pupils will go in after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#x7)

### note

Plural: batches (add -es). In maths, "batches of" usually means multiplication: number of batches × items per batch.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «batch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.