remix
Americanverb (used with object)
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remixes,
present (3rd person singular)
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remixed,
past participle, past
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remixing
present participle
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to mix again.
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to mix and re-record the elements of (a musical recording) in a different way.
noun
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remixes
plural
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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remixsimple
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remixessimple
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have remixedperfect
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has remixedperfect
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am remixingprogressive
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are remixingprogressive
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is remixingprogressive
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have been remixingperfect progressive
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has been remixingperfect progressive
Past
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remixedsimple
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had remixedperfect
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was remixingprogressive
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were remixingprogressive
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had been remixingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of remix
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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But getting dressed required parental assistance, the bass pulsing off the sandstone was a techno remix of “The Wheels on the Bus,” and the drinks were apple juice and formula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
The duet was released in June last year as a remix of Fender's solo album track.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
On and on it went, a remix of the pessimism that has crawled around this program for a generation plus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
I recognized the tune he was playing: the ’88 remix of New Order’s “Blue Monday,” with a lot of Star Wars droid sound samples mixed in.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
A former boy-band member has turned his remixes of classic nursery rhymes into a sold-out global touring sensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is also developing a new AI-powered tool that lets music fans make remixes and cover songs within the app.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Brighter Days” by Cajmere, “Nissan Altima” by Doechii and several high-energy remixes that I found on Bandcamp, my set was everything I’d hoped for: fun, joyful and liberating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Electronic remixes of Western songs like Gwen Stefani’s “If I Were a Rich Girl” and Cher’s “Believe” blasted from vendors’ tinny-sounding boom boxes on repeat.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
Monday and I used to entertain ourselves, playing hand games, plotting our dance routines, and picking our favorite go-go remixes.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Cook has also DJ'd and remixed under a variety of monikers, including Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz and latterly Fatboy Slim.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
But Lopatin is quick to take our conversation to a deeper level, invoking the ghostly idea — originally articulated by Jacques Derrida — of “hauntology” and cultural trash remixed into treasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
The 21st has been defined by recycled ideas and digitally remixed callbacks to the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Everything is collected and reused: old clothes become scarves, old food is dried and saved, and human waste is remixed as topsoil.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Spotify is also developing an AI-powered remixing tool based on licensed music that would allow users to create songs that stay within the platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
But often the best Yuletide numbers are the ones that fiddle around with tradition, taking the familiar components of joy and generosity and remixing them into something silly, salacious or downright odd.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
That's why I'm remixing all the early stuff instead of just saying, "This is how I did it exactly, back then."
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2023
But art as a whole loses, because the decision restricts how artists generate creativity by sampling and remixing existing works.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
The concrete was dumped from these cars into boxes where any remixing or tempering that was required was done, after which the concrete was shoveled directly into the forms.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
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