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mix

UK/ˈmɪks/ US/ˈmɪks/ common slang us
verb (6) noun (3)

verb

1.
2.

open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

  • “This school is completely desegregated”
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3.

to bring or combine together or with something else

  • “resourcefully he mingled music and dance”
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4.

as of electronic signals

  • “mixing sounds”
5.

add as an additional element or part

  • “mix water into the drink”
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6.

mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

  • “shuffle the cards”
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noun

1.

a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients

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2.

an event that combines things in a mixture

  • “a gradual mixture of cultures”
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3.

the act of mixing together

  • “paste made by a mix of flour and water”
  • “the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio”
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Origin

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.

Phrases

  • bank mix
  • beat mix
  • Bombay mix
  • bridge mix
  • cake mix
  • case mix
  • Charles Mix County
  • code mix
  • mix and match
  • mix apples and oranges
  • mix business with pleasure
  • mix down

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