How do you use the word "mix" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "mix" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "mix": Students of English often mix up the words 'lie' and 'lay'. George does not mix much; he likes to keep to himself.

Mix Meaning

/ˈmɪks/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo stir together.

verbTo combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

Sentence Examples

Students of English often mix up the words 'lie' and 'lay'.

George does not mix much; he likes to keep to himself.

It's a school with a good social and ethnic mix of children.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

fuse blend combine

Antonyms:

segregate

CEFR Practice Quiz

You should ____ the flour and sugar together before adding eggs.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

To make the perfect cake, you should ____ the dry ingredients together before slowly adding the eggs and the melted butter.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend." — 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

"She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill." — 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

"Hast thou no poison mixed?" — c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

"Therefore J haue chosen an Argument, mixt of Religious and Ciuill Considerations; And likewise mixt between Contemplatiue, and Actiue." — 1622 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 90:

"In order to the diſcovery of ſome hints of the account, upon which the above mentioned mixtures were more intenſely frigefactive than ſnow alone, we ſealed up a ſingle vial of ſnow unmingled with any other ingredient, and found it to thaw much more ſlowly than any of thoſe parcels of ſnow, which we had mixt with ſalts or ſpirits." — 1663, Robert Boyle, “Title I. Experiments Touching Bodies Capable of Freezing Others.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. […], London: […] Richard Davis, […], published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 49:

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