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mix

 
/mɪks/ v [I/T] (COMBINE)

Definition

to combine different substances, esp. so that the result cannot easily be separated into its parts, or to cause different substances to combine in this way: [I] Oil and water don’t mix. [T] Mix two eggs into the flour. [T] He mixed the blue paint with white to lighten it. To mix is also to combine or put in the same place: [T] The report mixed together a lot of different ideas in a confusing way.
(Definition of mix v (COMBINE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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