transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪks ]
( mixes, mixing, mixed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If two substances mix or if you mix one substance with another, you stir or shake them together, or combine them in some other way, so that they become a single substance.
Oil and water don’t mix...
It mixes easily with cold or hot water to make a tasty, filling drink...
A quick stir will mix them thoroughly...
Mix the cinnamon with the rest of the sugar...
Mix the ingredients together slowly.
V-RECIP : pl-n V , V with n , V pl-n , V n with n , V n with adv
• mix‧ing
This final part of the mixing is done slowly and delicately.
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2.
If you mix something, you prepare it by mixing other things together.
He had spent several hours mixing cement...
Are you sure I can’t mix you a drink?
VERB : V n , V n n
3.
A mix is a powder containing all the substances that you need in order to make something such as a cake or a sauce. When you want to use it, you add liquid.
For speed we used packets of pizza dough mix...
N-VAR : usu supp N
4.
A mix of different things or people is two or more of them together.
The story is a magical mix of fantasy and reality...
We get a very representative mix of people.
N-COUNT : usu sing , with supp
5.
If two things or activities do not mix or if one thing does not mix with another, it is not a good idea to have them or do them together, because the result would be unpleasant or dangerous.
Politics and sport don’t mix.
...some of these pills that don’t mix with drink...
Ted managed to mix business with pleasure...
The military has accused the clergy of mixing religion and politics.
V-RECIP : usu with brd-neg , pl-n V , V with n , V n with n , V pl-n
6.
If you mix with other people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that people mix .
I ventured the idea that the secret of staying young was to mix with older people...
People are supposed to mix, do you understand?...
When you came away you made a definite effort to mix.
= socialize
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V , V ( non-recip )
7.
When a record producer mixes a piece of music, he or she puts together the various sounds that have been recorded in order to make the finished record.
They’ve been mixing tracks for a new album due out later this year.
VERB : V n
• mix‧ing
Final mixing should be completed by the end of this week.
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8.
to mix your metaphors: see metaphor
see also mixed , cake mix