mixed

[ mikst ]

/ mɪkst /

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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Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
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Furthermore, mixed race children are the fastest growing population in the country.
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Rosetta researchers used ROSINA data to determine how much HDO is mixed in with the normal H2O.
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The IFC ended this ban last week and released a plan that the editorial board of the school newspaper has given a mixed review.
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A few years ago, one guide told us, he would be on that train and would see many Palestinians mixed in with the Jewish passengers.
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The public was, as they say, of mixed materials; for the most part young men from educational institutions.
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Day after day they subsisted upon this dried fish, mixed with sea-water.
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He whirled—just in time to see the last of the mixed trio disappear into the drawing-room, and the door snap shut behind them.
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It is also most mixed with words from the Cree dialect of the Algonkin.
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The blue and green of the curtains and portière each seem to claim their own in the mixed and softened background of the wall.
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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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