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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mix/mɪks/
verb
  • 1 combine or be able to be combined to form a whole.

    ■ make by mixing ingredients.

    ■ combine (signals or soundtracks) into one to produce a recording.

  • 2 (mix something up) spoil the order or arrangement of something.

    ■ (be/become mixed up) be or become confused.

    ■ (mix someone/thing up) confuse someone or something with another.

    ■ (be/become mixed up in (or with)) be or become involved in or with (dubious or dishonest actions or people).

  • 3 associate with others socially.
  • 4 (mix it) informal be belligerent.
noun
  • 1 a mixture of two or more different people or things.

    ■ the proportion of different people or things constituting a mixture.

  • 2 a commercially prepared mixture of ingredients for making a particular food or product: a cake mix.
  • 3 a version of a recording mixed in a different way from the original.
– phrases
mix and match select and combine different but complementary items to form a coordinated set.
– derivatives
mixable adjective.
– origin ME: back-form. from mixed (taken as a past part.).
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