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mixed  (mkst)
adj.
1. Blended together into one unit or mass; intermingled.
2. Composed of a variety of differing, sometimes conflicting entities: viewed the change in management with mixed emotions; a closet full of mixed outfits. See Synonyms at miscellaneous.
3. Made up of people of different sex, race, or social class.
4.
a. Descended from two or more races or breeds.
b. Crossbred.

In artillery and naval gunfire support, a spotting, or an observation, by a spotter or an observer to indicate that the rounds fired resulted in an equal number of air and impact bursts.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mixed - consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
heterogeneous, heterogenous - consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"
2.mixed - involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood"
integrated - not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups; "integrated schools"

mixed
Translations
mixed [mɪkst] adj (= assorted) → variado, surtido; [school, marriage etc] → mixto
mixed [mɪkst] mix adj [feelings, reactions] → contradictoire; [school, marriage] → mixte
mixed [mɪkst] mix adjgemischt;
mixed marriage → Mischehe f
mixed [mɪkst] adjmisto/a


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My friends, I will not be mixed up and confounded with others.
I should have feared, too, for her health, and for everything but her principles--there I believe she is not to be injured by her mother, or her mother's friends; but with those friends she must have mixed (a very bad set, I doubt not), or have been left in total solitude, and I can hardly tell which would have been worse for her.
`He brought pure water and mixed it with Ocean's streams.
 
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