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Another word for batch

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Noun

  1. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit

      1. An exclusive or select group; clique; coterie
      2. (Printing) The width of the body of a piece of type
      3. A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used:
      1. A group meeting together socially to accomplish a task
      2. A group of people working together to establish or promote particular theories or principles of government which they hold in common; esp., an organized political group which seeks to elect its candidates to office and thus to direct government policies
      3. A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or accessory:
      1. A piece of land used for a given purpose:
      2. A number of persons or things regarded as a group
      3. An individual of a particular kind or type:
      1. A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way.
      2. A lump or knob in a thread, cord, etc., formed by passing one free end through a loop and drawing it tight, or by a tangle drawn tight
      3. The round, often darker cross section of such a lump as it appears on a piece of cut lumber.
      1. A number of elements with similar properties, forming one of the vertical columns of the periodic table
      2. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      3. (Mathematics) A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
      1. Things collected, specif., as in a hobby
      2. A group of objects or works to be seen, studied, or kept together.
      3. A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer:
      1. A group; a bunch.
      2. A number of persons, animals, or things gathered together; cluster
      3. The complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time.
      1. (Phonet.) A group of nonsyllabic phonemes, esp. a group of two or more consecutive consonants
      2. A group of academic courses in a related area.
      3. A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch:
      1. A clustered mass; a lump:
      2. A mass of bacteria
      3. A heavy dull sound; a thud.
      1. (Informal) A large amount; a lot:
      2. A number of things tied, wrapped, or otherwise held together
      3. A bunch, collection, or group
      1. (Informal) A group of people usually having a common interest or association:
      2. (Informal) A considerable number or amount; a lot:
      3. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump:
      1. Anything having real or material substance or form; any physical or perceptible object
      2. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
      3. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group:
      1. A group, esp. of girls or women
      2. A large group or collection.
      3. Any group or collection
      1. A group of musicians playing together, esp. upon wind and percussion instruments
      2. A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.
      3. A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together:
      1. An impressive display of assembled persons or things
      2. (Comput.) A group of two or more logically related elements, identified by a single name and usually stored in consecutive storage locations in main memory
      3. (Computers) A group of memory elements accessed by one or more indices.
    See also:

    group

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Another word for batch

Noun
      1. (Math.) A thing that has the property of being measurable in dimensions, amounts, etc. or in extensions of these which can be expressed in numbers or symbols
      2. A specified or indefinite number or amount:
      3. An exact amount or number:
      1. The act or an instance of shipping goods.
      2. A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)
      3. A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
      1. (Mathematics) A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
      2. A number of persons or things classified together because of common characteristics, community of interests, etc.
      3. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      1. (Informal) A group of people usually having a common interest or association:
      2. (Informal) A considerable number or amount; a lot:
      3. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump:
    See also:

    quantity

    lot

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Sentence Examples

  • She rummaged around and withdrew a large batch of crumpled bills, spilling several.

  • Further persecutions of a whole batch of Lollards took place in 1428.

  • Merchant-ships were allowed to sail direct to Chile, trade with France was sometimes permitted, and a large batch of hardy emigrants was sent out from the Biscay provinces of Spain.

  • with special honour, and Bishop Repingdon of Lincoln, ex-Wycliffite, was one of the new batch of cardinals created on the 18th of September 1408, most of Gregory's cardinals having deserted him.

  • The prophets who normally preside over the Suppers are called " your high-priests," and receive from the faithful the first-fruits of the winepress and threshingfloor, of oxen and sheep, and of each batch of new-made bread, and of oil.

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