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# batch

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

«batch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A batch is an amount of something made at one time: "a batch of cookies". [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/#m4)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «batch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«batch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/batch.html) on Mova free.