mixed

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb mix together different elements
  2. verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
  3. verb combine (electronic signals)

Etymology

From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix. In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.

In classic literature

Synonyms

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

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