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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
batch
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
batch processing
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ Then he went on to say that he intended to make a third, yet bigger, batch of Recipe 179.
▪ So I started making a bigger batch, 60 or 80 bottles.
large
▪ The large batch of Recipe 179 he had made stood unused in the locked room.
▪ If you'd rather receive your mail in large batches than have it trickle through, request a digest where available.
▪ However, routine chemical analyses of large batches of samples has yet to be achieved.
▪ Paulus delivered his large batch of suspects to Constantius.
▪ For example, a larger combination microwave which may cost over £3500 is ideal for turning over consistently large batches.
▪ An experiment of the type we are considering is conducted with a large batch of proton pairs.
▪ It is therefore most economical, from the quality control point of view, to produce large batches.
late
▪ The biscuits she would add to the tray next morning were a later batch of the same recipe provided by Alice.
▪ Daniele will be locked in his bedroom watching the latest batch of video nasties.
▪ He had better catch up on Elinor's latest batch of instructions.
▪ The latest batch saw offerings from the older generation.
new
▪ There's a new batch in, about fifty, they say, to fill up the last posting.
▪ Use of a new batch of reagents or reference standards that have been improperly made can cause this.
▪ The firm immediately re-spun a new batch of 88110s for Harris.
▪ But they can take comfort in knowing the new batch of numbers should last about eight years without another code split.
▪ In the process of indexing each new batch of documents, new words will from time to time appear in the text.
▪ In back, Brownie Mary would be taking a new batch out of the oven.
▪ He must be one of the new batch.
small
▪ These include quality small batch production, set-up reductions, preventative maintenance, production control, supplier partnerships and employee development.
▪ A small batch of uniforms in the new colour was issued.
▪ Laying and distributing the eggs in small batches is a special adaptation to these hot desert conditions.
▪ Identical boards can also be produced this way in small batch quantities using the same artwork.
whole
▪ If it's your end that's caused the problem, you might have a whole batch of mail to resend.
▪ Say the whole batch is worth ten thousand dollars.
▪ We also found a whole batch of papers which we thought might be vital to the war effort.
▪ Plus a whole batch of original drawings previewing his next collection.
▪ If the number of rejects in the sample is in excess of the agreed percentage, the whole batch is returned to the supplier.
▪ You thus end up with a whole batch of specific tasks to carry out, some over several months, even years.
▪ Having a whole batch together should make an odd one stick out like a sore thumb.
■ NOUN
file
▪ Firstly - presuming you have a batch file to run Ability Plus - type in the batch filename.
▪ This runs the batch file which will put you in the correct subdirectory and run the program.
▪ It is triggered from a Windows Command Prompt, usually in the form of a batch file.
▪ Of course, this batch file can be set in motion from within the database, if required.
▪ You only need to enclose the parameters in the batch file in quotes where there are spaces in the parameter.
▪ Finally, batch files are covered in detail explaining why we use these compact command files and what each batch command does.
▪ You could run the applications concerned from shortcuts to batch files.
mode
▪ If there are relatively few additions it may be updated in batch mode later.
▪ Since the Validation program may take several hours to run, it is recommended that it is run overnight in batch mode.
▪ All other enquiries and reports are produced in batch mode.
process
▪ The Main and Copy Databases are only accessed by batch processes and are not available directly to the lexicographers.
▪ There would also be less time available for running more batch processes.
production
▪ These include quality small batch production, set-up reductions, preventative maintenance, production control, supplier partnerships and employee development.
queue
▪ This Job Control file is sent to the batch queue by the SUBMIT-JOB command as described above.
▪ You have not specified the batch queue correctly.
▪ You have not included the name of the batch queue in the command line.
size
▪ This was due again in the newly found ability to run with reduced batch size.
▪ Reduced grade change-over time was the driver to enable the plant to run with reduced batch size or reduced economic batch quantity.
■ VERB
cook
▪ In a large saute pan, cook the pork in batches over high heat until browned on all sides.
▪ Brown the chicken pieces well on all sides, cooking them in batches to avoid crowding.
▪ If cooking in batches, keep warm until all quail are cooked.
▪ You will have to cook this in batches.
make
▪ Why not make an extra batch for a delectable Christmas present?
▪ I make it one batch at a time and keep it refrigerated.
▪ The purée keeps well in the refrigerator, so it is economical to make a batch and store it.
▪ The larger we made our batches, the earlier the Cajun bread-leavening qualities were diminishing.
▪ For example, you could make batches of meals from fresh food, then freeze them.
▪ So I started making a bigger batch, 60 or 80 bottles.
run
▪ During the day users are responsible for inputting their own data, while at night this machine runs commercial batch work.
▪ This runs the batch file which will put you in the correct subdirectory and run the program.
▪ Since the Validation program may take several hours to run, it is recommended that it is run overnight in batch mode.
▪ This was due again in the newly found ability to run with reduced batch size.
▪ There would also be less time available for running more batch processes.
▪ Reduced grade change-over time was the driver to enable the plant to run with reduced batch size or reduced economic batch quantity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a batch of cookies
▪ Mr Green, I have a batch of letters here for you to sign.
▪ Sort the files into batches and give one batch to each secretary.
▪ The baker took a batch of freshly baked rolls out of the oven.
▪ The latest batch of new recruits had just arrived at the camp.
▪ the latest batch of reports
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Also, because it is a natural product, its textures may vary from one batch to the next.
▪ Home plans to get its first batch of cable modems from Motorola.
▪ If you'd rather receive your mail in large batches than have it trickle through, request a digest where available.
▪ Since the Validation program may take several hours to run, it is recommended that it is run overnight in batch mode.
▪ Then she ran, reappearing in the next batch of dreams.
▪ This has been mostly in agricultural chemicals where tonnages have proved a good fit with Hickson's type of batch equipment.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Batch

Batch \Batch\, n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. geb["a]ck and D. baksel. See Bake, v. t.]

  1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.

  2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. ``A new batch of Lords.''
    --Lady M. W. Montagu.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
batch

Old English *bæcce "something baked," from bacan "bake" (see bake (v.)). Batch is to bake as watch (n.) is to wake and match (n.2) "one of a pair" is to make. Extended 1713 to "any quantity produced at one operation."

Wiktionary
batch

Etymology 1 alt. 1 A bank; a sandbank. 2 A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows. n. 1 A bank; a sandbank. 2 A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows. Etymology 2

  1. Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting. n. 1 The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. 2 A quantity of anything produced at one operation. 3 A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. 4 (context computing English) A set of data to be processed with one execute of a program. 5 (context UK dialect Midlands English) A bread roll. 6 (context Philippines English) A graduating class. v

  2. 1 To aggregate things together into a batch. 2 (context computing English) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process. Etymology 3

    vb. (context informal English) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.

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WordNet
batch

  1. n. all the loaves of bread baked at the same time

  2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]

  3. a collection of things or persons to be handled together [syn: clutch]

batch

v. batch together; assemble or process as a batch

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Wikipedia
Batch

Batch may refer to:

Batch (album)

Batch was the second album by Orange County pop punk band Big Drill Car, which was released in 1991. It was the last studio recording with the classic original line-up, and their last album distributed by Cruz Records. Like many Big Drill Car albums, Batch is currently out of print.

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Usage examples of "batch".

When we knew we were writing for something like an album he would write a few in his spare moments, like this batch here.

Quickly, Alker turned off the floor lamp and stumbled across a batch of books, to reach a closet.

Jurassic, angiosperms had spread very slowly, but after the extinctions at the end of that period, there was time for flowering plants to get going before the next batch of hungry herbivores took over.

Ban Sar Din ran out into the ashram from his holy office in the back, dumped out a batch of yellow handkerchiefs, and ran back to his office.

If one should be spoiled, it is better to allow it to stand over for assaying along with the next batch.

In regard to Chatterford, I shall send Nola and Avis back with you -- and possibly Emma Burke with the duke no longer a threat -- as walking testimonials for the next batch.

Mad Binny was cooking up a love potion, either that or a batch of pollen butter.

By 1530, with night bringing down its blackout curtain as the batch finally reached their bivvy point in Brisworthy Wood, Parlour and Collins simultaneously reached breaking point.

Moon Man warned as the three of them clumped down a long batch of stone stairs into an immense underground gallery.

After the muffle has cooled down for the withdrawal of the last batch, and the old cupels have been taken out, the new cupels for the next batch should be put in their place.

As Cozy walked back in with the Daily Camera still wrapped, Alan slid the entire first batch of French toast onto a plate.

New York got a fresh batch of patients which included Dimer and Anderson and their associates.

The cloning department had worked overtime growing new batches of Emir embryos for the fetal neurons and glia they could supply and prepared appropriate annealing solutions of disaggregated cells with which the surgeons would bathe the central nervous system splices.

The woman behind the counter offered a donut off the rack, but a fresh batch was coming out of the fryer, so Pollard opted to wait.

As Moyne returned a serene smile, Durand looked up from the batch of papers.