Added 7 October 2026
mix
/ˈmɪks/ symbol
In Latin: misceō, remisceō Wiktionary
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verb
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To stir together.
Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
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To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
to mix business with pleasure
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To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.
noun
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The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
Now add the raisins to the mix.
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The result of combining items normally kept separate.
My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
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A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.
Cake mix. Pancake mix. Hot chocolate mix.
Origin
From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
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