mixed
Americanadjective
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put together or formed by mixing.
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composed of different constituents or elements.
The country has a mixed form of government, blending democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.
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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.
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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.
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Law. involving more than one issue or aspect.
What counts as fair use and what as copyright infringement is a mixed question of law and fact.
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Phonetics. (of a vowel) central.
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Mathematics. (of partial derivatives) of second or higher order and involving differentiation with respect to more than one variable.
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(of trains) composed of both passenger and freight cars.
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Logic. containing quantifiers of unlike kind.
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(of a stock or commodity market) characterized by uneven price movements, with some prices rising and others falling.
adjective
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formed or blended together by mixing
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composed of different elements, races, sexes, etc
a mixed school
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consisting of conflicting elements, thoughts, attitudes, etc
mixed feelings
mixed motives
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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
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having aspects or issues determinable by different persons or bodies
a mixed question of law and fact
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(of an inflorescence) containing cymose and racemose branches
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(of a nerve) containing both motor and sensory nerve fibres
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maths
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(of a number) consisting of the sum of an integer and a fraction, as 5 1/ 2
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(of a decimal) consisting of the sum of an integer and a decimal fraction, as 17.43
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(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
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of mixed
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English mixt mixt ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He’s not a baseball fan; he prefers beach volleyball and mixed martial arts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The same basic approach could also be adapted for environmental monitoring, where researchers often need to detect extremely small concentrations of contaminants mixed into much larger volumes of water.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Dyno’s FY 2026 trading update is, meanwhile, mixed, says UBS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Despite mixed emotions about his time at Chelsea due to injury, Hutchinson has not forgotten how the club looked after him.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“She told us she had a mixed flock and some went missing....”
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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