# mix

Pronunciation: say "MIKS" /ˈmɪks/

## Verb

1. To put two or more substances together and stir or blend them so that they combine, often to make something.
   - Simple: To put different things together, often by stirring, so they become one thing.
   - _Mix the dry ingredients before adding the eggs._
   - _He mixed cement and sand for the repair._
3. To use or bring together, in one place or activity, things from different sources that are normally kept apart, such as styles, ideas, or work and leisure.
   - Simple: To bring together different things or activities that are usually kept separate.
   - _The librarian warned us not to mix the reference books with the lending stock._
   - _He mixed business contacts and family friends on the same guest list._
6. To combine and balance the separately recorded tracks of a piece of music into a single finished recording.
   - Simple: To put the separate recorded sounds of a song together and balance them to make the final version.
   - _The engineer mixed the guitar, bass, and vocals for the demo._
   - _Most bands hire a specialist engineer to mix their albums._
8. Of two things or activities, to be compatible or able to coexist without trouble; most often used in the negative.
   - Simple: Of two things or activities: to go well together without causing problems.
   - _Alcohol and boating don't mix, as the harbor patrol reminds everyone each summer._
   - _Politics and family dinners rarely mix, so we keep the conversation on football at Thanksgiving._
9. To join with others socially; to associate in company.
   - Simple: To spend time with other people in a friendly way.
   - _He prefers to mix with people who share his interests._
   - _At the conference, she found it easy to mix with people she had never met before._

## Noun

2. A combination of different things, people, or substances.
   - Simple: Different things, people or substances put together.
   - _The neighborhood is a lively mix of shops, homes, and offices._
   - _His writing shows an unusual mix of humor and grief._
4. A packaged preparation, usually a powder, to which other ingredients are added to make a particular food.
   - Simple: A packaged mixture, usually a powder, that you add other ingredients to when making a particular food.
   - _On Saturday mornings we make pancakes from a mix, adding just milk and an egg._
   - _This bread mix produces a fresh loaf with just water and yeast._
5. A version of a recording produced by combining and balancing its separate tracks.
   - Simple: One version of a song, made by putting its recorded parts together.
   - _The rough mix still needed more bass._
   - _She emailed the band a new mix for feedback._
10. Material used to cut an illegal drug, diluting it or making it impure. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: A substance mixed into an illegal drug that makes it less pure.
   - _He swore the bag was pure, but it was mostly mix with only a little of the real drug in it._
   - _The cocaine had been cut so heavily with mix that it was nearly worthless._
7. An unbroken run of music tracks that a DJ blends one into the next, performed live or put out as a recording.
   - Simple: A set of songs that a DJ joins together without stopping, played live or recorded.
   - _His hour-long mix moved from old disco to deep house without a single gap._
   - _The radio station airs club mixes recorded live in the booth every Saturday night._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3, 6, 8–9** — From Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian, going back through Proto-Germanic to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to mix." It is related to Latin misceō, Ancient Greek mígnumi, and words for "mix" in many other languages.
**Meanings 2, 4–5, 7, 10** — Two sources merged here: the verb "mix" used as a noun, and Anglo-Norman mixte, borrowed from Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō ("mix"). These days people simply take it as the noun of the verb.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mix (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).