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- [miks]
- /mɪks/
- /mɪks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [miks]
- /mɪks/
Definitions of mix word
- verb with object mix to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents. 1
- verb with object mix to put together indiscriminately or confusedly (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object mix to combine, unite, or join: to mix business and pleasure. 1
- verb with object mix to add as an element or ingredient: Mix some salt into the flour. 1
- verb with object mix to form or make by combining ingredients: to mix a cake; to mix mortar. 1
- verb with object mix to crossbreed. 1
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Origin of mix
First appearance:
before 1470 One of the 25% oldest English words
1470-80; back formation from mixt mixed
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mix
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mix popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mix usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mix
verb mix
- incorporate — to form into a legal corporation.
- mingle — to become mixed, blended, or united.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- blend — If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance.
- fuse — Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
noun mix
- combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
- mixture — a product of mixing.
- assortment — An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- fusion — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- amalgam — Something that is an amalgam of two or more things is a mixture of them.
adjective mix
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- buddy-buddy — very friendly; intimate.
- silvery — resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color: the silvery moon.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
Antonyms for mix
verb mix
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
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