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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mixed /mɪkst/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- made up of things that are different but of the general type:ate some mixed nuts.
of or relating to persons of different religions or races:a mixed marriage.including contrasting, sometimes opposite elements or parts:mixed emotions about going abroad.of or intended for people of different sexes:the mixed doubles tennis matches. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mixed (mikst),USA pronunciation adj. - 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, character, belief, religion, or race:mixed company; a mixed neighborhood.
- Lawinvolving more than one issue or aspect:a mixed question of law and fact.
- Phonetics(of a vowel) central.
- [Math.](of partial derivatives) of second or higher order and involving differentiation with respect to more than one variable.
- Rail Transport(of trains) composed of both passenger and freight cars.
- Philosophy[Logic.]containing quantifiers of unlike kind.
- Stock Exchange, Business(of a stock or commodity market) characterized by uneven price movements, with some prices rising and others falling.
- Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre to mingle. Cf. mix
- 1400–50; late Middle English mixt
mix•ed•ly (mik′sid lē, mikst′lē),USA pronunciation adv. mix′ed•ness, n. |