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- 1. a diverse assortment of things or people: "we have a mixed bag of destinations and holiday choices for you"
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noun [ S ] uk / ˌmɪkst ˈbæɡ / us / ˌmɪkst ˈbæɡ / Add to word list. a range of different things or people: There's a real mixed bag of people taking the class. Synonyms. assortment. miscellany (MIXTURE) mixture. potpourri. smorgasbord. variety. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Variety and mixtures. all manner of something idiom.
The meaning of MIXED BAG is a miscellaneous collection : assortment. How to use mixed bag in a sentence.
British. singular noun. If you describe a situation or a group of things or people as a mixed bag, you mean that it contains some good items, features, or people and some bad ones. Research on athletes and ordinary human subjects has yielded a mixed bag of results. [+ of] This autumn's collections are a very mixed bag.
A heterogeneous collection of people, items, activities, or the like; an assortment. For example, The school offers a mixed bag of after-school activities—team sports, band practice, a language class . This idiom calls up the image of a sack full of different items. [First half of 1900s]
noun [ S ] us / ˌmɪkst ˈbæɡ / uk / ˌmɪkst ˈbæɡ / Add to word list. a range of different things or people: There's a real mixed bag of people taking the class. Synonyms. assortment. miscellany (MIXTURE) mixture. potpourri. smorgasbord. variety. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Variety and mixtures. all manner of something idiom.
A MIXED BAG definition: something that contains things that are of very different kinds or qualities | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Definition of mixed bag noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Mixed Bag Definition. A collection of dissimilar things; an assortment. An assortment or mixture, esp. of diverse elements, types of people, etc. brought together at random. Any bag containing a mixture of something.
Define mixed bag. mixed bag synonyms, mixed bag pronunciation, mixed bag translation, English dictionary definition of mixed bag. n. A collection of dissimilar things; an assortment. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definitions of mixed bag. noun. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things. synonyms: assortment, medley, miscellanea, miscellany, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety. see more.
