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mixed
[ mikst ]
adjective
- put together or formed by mixing.
- composed of different constituents or elements:
The country has a mixed form of government, blending democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.
- of different kinds combined: I've got mixed emotions about this move, given that I do want the new job but don't want to be so far from my mother.
The recipe calls for peanuts and almonds, but you can use any kind of mixed nuts.
I've got mixed emotions about this move, given that I do want the new job but don't want to be so far from my mother.
- involving or comprised of people of different gender, class, ethnicity, religion, etc.: I grew up in a religiously mixed neighborhood, so my elementary school celebrated lots of different holidays.
In this study, men talked more than women did in mixed company.
I grew up in a religiously mixed neighborhood, so my elementary school celebrated lots of different holidays.
Her parents had a mixed marriage, with her father being African American and her mother Japanese.
- Law. involving more than one issue or aspect:
counts as fair use and what as copyright infringement is a mixed question of law and fact.
- Phonetics. (of a vowel) central.
- Mathematics. (of partial derivatives) of second or higher order and involving differentiation with respect to more than one variable.
- (of trains) composed of both passenger and freight cars.
- Logic. containing quantifiers of unlike kind.
- (of a stock or commodity market) characterized by uneven price movements, with some prices rising and others falling.
mixed
/ ˈmɪksɪdlɪ; mɪkst; ˈmɪksɪdnɪs /
adjective
- formed or blended together by mixing
- composed of different elements, races, sexes, etc
a mixed school
- consisting of conflicting elements, thoughts, attitudes, etc
mixed motives
mixed feelings
- of a legal action
- having the nature of both a real and a personal action, such as a demand for the return of wrongfully withheld property as well as for damages to compensate for the loss
- having aspects or issues determinable by different persons or bodies
a mixed question of law and fact
- (of an inflorescence) containing cymose and racemose branches
- (of a nerve) containing both motor and sensory nerve fibres
- maths
- (of a number) consisting of the sum of an integer and a fraction, as 5 1 2
- (of a decimal) consisting of the sum of an integer and a decimal fraction, as 17.43
- (of an algebraic expression) consisting of the sum of a polynomial and a rational fraction, such as 2 x + 4 x ² + 2 3 x
Derived Forms
- mixedly, adverb
- mixedness, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·· [mik, -sid-lee, mikst, -lee], adverb
- Ļ·Ա noun
- ɱ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mixed1
Example Sentences
They could have done something off the chart, like a 10k mixed relay.
We mixed each property’s soil — collected from four inches deep in multiple spots within a five- to 10-foot radius — in a plastic bag.
And its track record with granting waivers for mental health reasons is mixed.
Under the watchful eye of doctors, Chris started by eating a fraction of a milligram of peanut powder mixed with yoghurt.
They've all received mixed reviews at large and, per usual, utterly scathing commentary on social media and in the British press.
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