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say it: mikst
mixed is an adjective meaning "consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds". It carries 2 recorded senses.
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
“an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”
“assorted sizes”
“miscellaneous accessories”
“a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”
“a motley crew”
“sundry sciences commonly known as social”
involving or composed of different races
“interracial schools”
“a mixed neighborhood”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mixed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.