mixed
♦ mixed /m'ɪkst/
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you have mixed feelings about something or someone, you feel uncertain about them because you can see both good and bad points about them.
I came home from the meeting with mixed feelings...
There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
2 [ADJ]
A mixed group of people consists of people of many different types.
I found a very mixed group of individuals some of whom I could relate to and others with whom I had very little in common...
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Mixed is used to describe something that involves people from two or more different races.
...a woman of mixed race...
She had attended a racially mixed school.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Mixed education or accommodation is intended for both males and females.
Girls who have always been at a mixed school know how to stand up for themselves...
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Mixed is used to describe something which includes or consists of different things of the same general kind.
...a small mixed salad...
...a teaspoon of mixed herbs.
6
a mixed blessing: see blessingmixed abil|ity
[ADJ] usu ADJ n
A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils are taught together in the same class, even though their abilities are different. (BRIT)mixed bag
[N-SING] usu a N, oft N of n
If you describe a situation or a group of things or people as a mixed bag, you mean that it contains some good items, features, or people and some bad ones.
Research on athletes and ordinary human subjects has yielded a mixed bag of results...
This autumn's collections are a very mixed bag.mixed dou|bles
[N-UNCOUNT] also the N
In some sports, such as tennis and badminton, mixed doubles is a match in which a man and a woman play as partners against another man and woman.mixed econo|my (mixed economies)
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A mixed economy is an economic system in which some companies are owned by the state and some are not. (BUSINESS)mixed mar|riage (mixed marriages)
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A mixed marriage is a marriage between two people who are not of the same race or religion.mixed up
1 [ADJ]
If you are mixed up, you are confused, often because of emotional or social problems.
I think he's a rather mixed up kid...
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ in/with n
To be mixed up in something bad, or with someone you disapprove of, means to be involved in it or with them.
Why did I ever get mixed up with you?
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you have mixed feelings about something or someone, you feel uncertain about them because you can see both good and bad points about them.
I came home from the meeting with mixed feelings...
There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
2 [ADJ]
A mixed group of people consists of people of many different types.
I found a very mixed group of individuals some of whom I could relate to and others with whom I had very little in common...
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Mixed is used to describe something that involves people from two or more different races.
...a woman of mixed race...
She had attended a racially mixed school.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Mixed education or accommodation is intended for both males and females.
Girls who have always been at a mixed school know how to stand up for themselves...
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Mixed is used to describe something which includes or consists of different things of the same general kind.
...a small mixed salad...
...a teaspoon of mixed herbs.
6
a mixed blessing: see blessingmixed abil|ity
[ADJ] usu ADJ n
A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils are taught together in the same class, even though their abilities are different. (BRIT)mixed bag
[N-SING] usu a N, oft N of n
If you describe a situation or a group of things or people as a mixed bag, you mean that it contains some good items, features, or people and some bad ones.
Research on athletes and ordinary human subjects has yielded a mixed bag of results...
This autumn's collections are a very mixed bag.mixed dou|bles
[N-UNCOUNT] also the N
In some sports, such as tennis and badminton, mixed doubles is a match in which a man and a woman play as partners against another man and woman.mixed econo|my (mixed economies)
[N-COUNT]
A mixed economy is an economic system in which some companies are owned by the state and some are not. (BUSINESS)mixed mar|riage (mixed marriages)
[N-COUNT]
A mixed marriage is a marriage between two people who are not of the same race or religion.mixed up
1 [ADJ]
If you are mixed up, you are confused, often because of emotional or social problems.
I think he's a rather mixed up kid...
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ in/with n
To be mixed up in something bad, or with someone you disapprove of, means to be involved in it or with them.
Why did I ever get mixed up with you?