mixed origin

collocation in English

meaningsofmixedandorigin

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mixed
adjective
uk
/mɪkst/us
/mɪkst/
showing a mixture of different feelings ...
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origin
noun
uk
/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us
/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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(Definition ofmixedandoriginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmixed origin

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Persons ofmixedoriginare included.
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Only 41 per cent of the cattle were immature, which might be due to themixedoriginor to different herd management practices.
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Very interesting is themixedoriginof the postpositions defining the various cases.
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Ofmixedorigin, they were the product of periodic waves of migrants.
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He is ofmixedorigin, a fact he did not discover until late in his life.
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However, in creoles, the core lexicon often hasmixedorigin, and the grammar is largely original.
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They are ofmixedoriginand migrated at various periods in history.
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The population of the district is primarily rural and ofmixedorigin.
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Estimates will shortly be published for the 12 months from mid-1979 to mid-1980; they show some 60,000 births, including births ofmixedorigin, and 6,000 deaths.
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According to historians, they called themselves so to distinguish themselves from other groups who were ofmixedorigin, and claimed superiority.
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