mixed

[ mikst ]

/ mɪkst /

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adjective

put together or formed by mixing.

composed of different constituents or elements: a mixed form of government.

of different kinds combined: mixed nuts; mixed emotions.

involving or comprised of persons of different sex, class, ethnicity, religion, etc.: mixed company; a mixed neighborhood; a mixed marriage.

Law. involving more than one issue or aspect: 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.

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Origin of mixed

1400–50; late Middle English mixt<Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre to mingle. Cf. mix

OTHER WORDS FROM mixed

mix·ed·ly

[mik-sid-lee, mikst-lee], /ˈmɪk sɪd li, ˈmɪkst li/, adverbmix·ed·ness, nounwell-mixed, adjective

Words nearby mixed

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How to use mixed in a sentence

Express forecastForecast in detailToday’s snow and mixed precipitation should move out by midmorning, and it looks like most of tonight’s snow stays south of the city.
D.C.-area forecast: Snow and wintry mix taper off this morning, while ice concerns mount for Saturday|David Streit|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
We tested Web Captioner on our video call, and it yielded somewhat mixed results.
Online classes are difficult for the hard of hearing. Here’s how to fix that.|Eli Reiter|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
Breaking’s quick ascent as an Olympic-level competition has complicated its governance issues and stirred mixed feelings across the sprawling dance community.
How break dancing made the leap from ’80s pop culture to the Olympic stage|Rick Maese|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
It’s most likely to be in the form of snow as temperatures fall into the 20s, but mixed precipitation cannot be ruled out.
D.C.-area forecast: Cloudy and milder today before winter storm threats arrive|Matt Rogers|February 9, 2021|Washington Post

Meanwhile, he has sent mixed signals on his support for Cheney and kept silent for days as anger rose about Greene’s remarks.
McCarthy moves to keep splintering GOP intact, with protection for both Cheney and Greene|Mike DeBonis, Paul Kane|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Furthermore, mixed race children are the fastest growing population in the country.
Obama Is Right on Race. The Media Is Wrong.|Keli Goff|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rosetta researchers used ROSINA data to determine how much HDO is mixed in with the normal H2O.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
"I'm not proud," replied Davy, provoked at being mixed up with Gobobbles in this way.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
One of the lower and mixed forms of artistic activity, in the case of the child and of the race alike, is personal adornment.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Yet the feeling is in most children weak and vacillating, and is wont to be mixed with other and less noble ones.
Children's Ways|James Sully
A mixed type of the present day Negro, she was slightly tall, and somewhat slender, with a figure straight and graceful.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

British Dictionary definitions for mixed

mixed

/ (mɪkst) /

adjective

formed or blended together by mixing

composed of different elements, races, sexes, etca mixed school

consisting of conflicting elements, thoughts, attitudes, etcmixed feelings; mixed motives

(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 bodiesa 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 of mixed

mixedly (ˈmɪksɪdlɪ), adverbmixedness (ˈmɪksɪdnɪs), noun

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