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batch up

B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

Put things into groups so you can deal with them all at once.

Literal meaning: To form something upward into a batch — 'up' intensifies the grouping action.

Meanings

1 B1 neutral

To organize items, tasks, or data into groups so they can be processed or handled together at one time.

"The warehouse manager batched up all the overnight orders before sending them to the shipping department."

Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral

In computing, to prepare a set of jobs or commands to be executed together as a single batch process.

"The developer batched the database queries up to reduce server load."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Common in business, manufacturing, computing, and cooking contexts. Often used in technical or professional settings when efficiency is implied.

Commonly used with

orders files emails requests tasks data

Forms

Base
batch up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
batches up
he/she/it
Past simple
batched up
yesterday
Past participle
batched up
have + pp
-ing form
batching up
continuous

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