Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To stir together.

    Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.

    mischen, vermischen, vermengen

    сме́шиватьsméšivatʹ, смеша́тьsmešátʹ, меша́тьmešátʹ

    змі́шуватиzmíšuvaty, зміша́тиzmišáty, міша́тиmišáty

    mix together different elements

  2. (transitive)To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

    to mix business with pleasure

    Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.

    сме́шиватьsméšivatʹ, смеша́тьsmešátʹ, перепу́тыватьperepútyvatʹ

    змі́шуватиzmíšuvaty, зміша́тиzmišáty, перемі́шуватиperemíšuvaty

  3. (ambitransitive)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.

  4. (transitive)To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).

    Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.

  5. (transitive)To combine (several tracks).

    I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.

    mischen, abmischen, mixen

    сме́шиватьsméšivatʹ, смеша́тьsmešátʹ, миксова́тьmiksovátʹ

    combine (electronic signals)

  6. (transitive)To produce a finished version of (a recording).

    I'm almost done mixing this song.

  7. (ambitransitive)To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

Examples

197 sentences
  1. You can't mix oil with water.

    ruНевозможно смешать масло с водой.

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  2. You can't mix oil and water.

    deMan kann Öl und Wasser nicht vermischen.

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  3. I don't like to mix business with pleasure.

    deIch mag es nicht, Geschäft mit Vergnügen zu verbinden.

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  4. What happens when you mix salt with water?

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  5. If you mix blue and red, you'll get purple.

    ruЕсли смешать синий и красный, получится фиолетовый.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
stir two or more substances together:
combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate:
Русский
By meaning 3
stir two or more substances together:
combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate:
music: combine several tracks:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
stir two or more substances together:
music: combine several tracks:

Origin

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixi

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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Forms

mixes, mixing, mixed, mixed
Base formmix · to mix
3rd person singularmixes
Present participlemixing
Past simplemixed
Past participlemixed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymix
he, she, itmixes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmixed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mixed
he, she, ithas mixed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mix

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

32 synonyms
stir two or more substances together:blendB1
combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate:mix upmuddlemuddle upmix together
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

32 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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