Meaning of mixed In English

• 0 showing a mixture of different feelings or opinions:

  • There has been a mixed reaction to the changes.

  • The results are a little more mixed than we had hoped (= some are good but some are bad).

  • She has a very mixed group of friends.

  • Our children go to a mixed school.

  • Some of his jokes were too rude for mixed company (= a group where both males and females are present).

  • a mixed marriage

• 1 combining positive and negative features:

  • I have mixed emotions/feelings about moving across the country – it’s exciting, but I’ll miss my old friends.

  • The island’s population is of mixed descent.

• 2 showing a mixture of different results, opinions, or qualities:

  • The country's overall economic performance last year was rather mixed.

  • The President's tax plan received a mixed reaction on Wall Street.

  • Government statistics offer a mixed picture of the economy's recovery.

• 3 a range of things that differ in type or quality:

  • The financial results, so far, are a mixed bag.

  • a mixed bag of investment choices

• 4 a building project consisting of different types of buildings with different purposes or uses:

  • This is a mixed development of shared ownership and rented homes now being built in Ilford, East London.

• 5 a set of statements that seem to say first one thing and then a different or opposite thing:

  • send/give mixed messages It's frustrating when a manager sends mixed messages about an employee's performance.