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batching

/ˈbæt͡ʃɪŋ/

batching is the present participle and gerund of batch.

Meaning of batch

Verb (1)

batch (third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched)

  1. (transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.
    • The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
  2. (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.

Verb (2)

batch (third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched)

  1. (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.

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Words formed from batching

Phrases with batching

Words that rhyme with batching

Questions about batching

What is batching the present participle and gerund of?
Batching is the present participle and gerund of batch.
How do you pronounce batching?
Batching is pronounced /ˈbæt͡ʃɪŋ/.

Words near batching in the dictionary

  1. batches
  2. batches up
  3. batchies
  4. batchim
  5. batchims
  6. batching
  7. batching plant
  8. batching plants
  9. batching up
  10. batchmate
  11. batchmates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batching (page history and authors); batch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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