mixed
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɪkst/
- Simple past tense and past participle of mix
mixed
- Having two or more separate aspects.
- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- Including both male(s) and female(s).
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds
- ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
- (having two or more separate aspects) heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal
- (not pure) impure
- (including both males and females) co-ed, unsegregated
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds) hybrid, mongrel
- (having two or more separate aspects) homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
- (not pure) pure
- (including both males and females) single-sex
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds) pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred
- French: mélangé, mêlé, mixte
- German: gemischt
- Italian: misto
- Portuguese: misto
- Russian: сме́шанный
- Spanish: mixto
- Portuguese: misturado
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