"mix up" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-mix up.ogg [Australia] Forms: mix ups [plural], mix-up [alternative], mixup [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mix up (plural mix ups)
  1. A mix, blend, or variety. Synonyms: muddle
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-noun-wnbSFEm8
  2. (idiomatic) A confusion or reversal. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-noun-R8UOq9RB

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-mix up.ogg [Australia] Forms: mixes up [present, singular, third-person], mixing up [participle, present], mixed up [participle, past], mixed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mix up (third-person singular simple present mixes up, present participle mixing up, simple past and past participle mixed up)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: scramble, jumble Related terms: in the mix, mix it up Translations (to mix or blend thoroughly and completely): mieszać [imperfective] (Polish), pomieszać [perfective] (Polish), zmieszać [perfective] (Polish), wymieszać [perfective] (Polish), revolver (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-verb-6XSe424R Disambiguation of 'to mix or blend thoroughly and completely': 95 3 0 1 0 0
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To combine thoroughly. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-verb-29UUb~G6
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Troponyms: whip up
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-verb-en:prepare__something__by_mixing
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to confuse things, to get things mixed up): forveksle (Danish), 間違える (machigaeru) (Japanese), mylić [imperfective] (Polish), pomylić [perfective] (Polish), mieszać [imperfective] (Polish), pomieszać [perfective] (Polish), confundir (Portuguese), misturar (Portuguese), trocar (Portuguese), trabucar (Spanish), hacerse bolas (Spanish), hacerse chibolas (Spanish), hacerse un lío (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-verb-CBAov~Ho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 3 24 33 20 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 8 8 7 5 17 31 17 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 5 4 13 37 23 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 4 3 24 36 20 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 3 11 42 34 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 6 18 37 22 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 9 7 6 12 29 22 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 5 15 40 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 7 7 6 14 36 19 6 Synonyms: jumble, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, throw, bemud [figuratively], bemuse, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle [slang], confuse, confuzzle [childish, slang], dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, blind, dumbfound, entangle [figuratively], ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flurry, fluster, flummox, fuddle, jumble, knot [obsolete], mix up, muddle, muddy [figuratively], ravel, perplex, puzzle Disambiguation of 'to confuse things, to get things mixed up': 8 0 6 71 14 2
  5. (transitive, usually passive voice, with with, often with be or get) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically. Tags: often, transitive Synonyms: embroil
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-verb-en:involve_socially_etc Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 7 7 6 14 22 29 7
  6. To shuffle.
    Sense id: en-mix_up-en-verb-utdrm-4Z

Inflected forms

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